How do we use the assessment of general movements in clinical practice?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 681-682

  Spittle, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 79960101554     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04034.x     Document Type: Note

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