Development of reaching and grasping skills in infants with Down syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-80

  de Campos, Ana Carolina ^a   Rocha, Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira ^a   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AIMS; Down syndrome; Grasping; Kinematic analysis; Reaching movements

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALBERTA INFANT MOTOR SCALE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DOWN SYNDROME; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFANT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT UNIT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STRAIGHTNESS INDEX;

AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 70350707627     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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