Description of the motor development of 3-12 month old infants with Down syndrome: The influence of the postural body position

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1514-1520

  Tudella, Eloisa ^a   Pereira, Karina ^b   Basso, Renata Pedrolongo ^a   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AIMS; Down syndrome; Motor skills; Postures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURE; PRONE POSITION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 79958276130     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.01.046     Document Type: Article

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