Development of walking in preterm and term infants: Age of onset, qualitative features and sensitivity to resonance

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 340-346

  Jeng, Suh Fang ^a,b   Lau, Tin Wai ^c   Hsieh, Wu Shiun ^b   Luo, Hong Ji ^a   Chen, Pei Shan ^b   Lin, Kwan Hua ^a   Shieh, Jeng Yi ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Infant; Kinematics; Prematurity; Resonance; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; ONSET AGE; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING;

EID: 38049071413     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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