The complexity of childhood development: Variability in perspective

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1850-1859

  Vereijken, Beatrix ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952117118     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100019     Document Type: Article

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