Preferred sleep position and gross motor achievement in early infancy

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 711-715

  Carmeli, Eli ^a   Marmur, Rachel ^b   Cohen, Ayala ^c,d   Tirosh, Emanuel ^b,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gross motor development; Infancy; Position

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 67349286505     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0829-4     Document Type: Article

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