Assessment of 'general movements' in high-risk infants by prechtl analysis during early intervention period in the first year of life

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 630-637

  Mutlu, Akmer ^a   Livanelioǧlu, Ayşe ^a   Korkmaz, Ayşe ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Early intervention; General movements; High risk preterm infant; Neurologic dysfunction; Prechtl analysis

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRECHTL ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TENDON REFLEX; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VIDEORECORDING; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY;

CEREBRAL PALSY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 79954427854     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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