Does early intervention in infants at high risk for a developmental motor disorder improve motor and cognitive development?

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1201-1212

  Blauw Hospers, C H ^a   de Graaf Peters, V B ^a   Dirks, T ^a   Bos, A F ^b   Hadders Algra, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; COPCA; Developmental disorder; Early intervention; Infant; Motor development

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SITTING; WALKING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 34248167852     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2007.04.010     Document Type: Review

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