Kinematic strategies in newly walking toddlers stepping over different support surfaces

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1673-1684

  Dominici, Nadia ^a   Ivanenko, Yuri P ^a   Cappellini, Germana ^a   Zampagni, Maria Luisa ^a   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TODDLER; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

BIOMECHANICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THIGH; WALKING;

EID: 77949699388     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00945.2009     Document Type: Article

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