Early independent walking: A longitudinal study of load perturbation effects

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 374-383

  Vereijken, Beatrix ^a   Pedersen, Arve Vorland ^a   Størksen, Jan Harry ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development; Experience; Gait; Infants; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INFANT; KINESTHESIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANKLE JOINT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; INFANT; KINESTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 68049084703     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20377     Document Type: Article

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