Functional asymmetries in the stepping response of the human newborn: A kinematic approach

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-335

  Domellöf, Erik ^a   Rönnqvist, Louise ^a   Hopkins, Brian ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intralimb coordination; Kinematic parameters; Laterality; Newborn infant; Stepping response

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33847173728     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0675-4     Document Type: Article

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