Variability in the levels of postural control in 0-4-month-old infants

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-380

  Rocha, Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira ^a   dos Santos Silva, Fernanda Pereira ^a   de Toledo, Aline Martins ^a   Tudella, Eloisa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body positions; Chailey Levels of Abilities Scale; Infants; Postural control; Variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION;

APGAR SCORE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTURE; PRONE POSITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 70350426263     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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