Motor development from 4 to 8 months corrected age in infants born at or less than 29 weeks' gestation

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 739-745

  Pin, Tamis W ^a   Darrer, Tanya ^b   Eldridge, Bev ^c   Galea, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA INFANT MOTOR SCALE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 68549127069     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03265.x     Document Type: Article

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