Spatio-temporal parameters in infant's reaching movements are influenced by body orientation

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-35

  Carvalho, R P ^a   Tudella, E ^a   Savelsbergh, G J P ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body orientation; Kinematics; Reaching; Seated; Supine

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; KINEMATICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION;

AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 33846841145     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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