Approximate entropy values demonstrate impaired neuromotor control of spontaneous leg activity in infants with myelomeningocele

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-247

  Smith, Beth A ^a   Teulier, Caroline ^b   Sansom, Jennifer ^c   Stergiou, Nicholas ^d,e   Ulrich, Beverly D ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

entropy; infants; leg; motor activity; myelomeningocele; nervous system growth and development; psychomotor performance physiology

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; ENTROPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENTROPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051763598     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3182289ae4     Document Type: Article

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