Brazilian Validation of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 440-447

  Valentini, Nadia Cristina ^a   Saccani, Raquel ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84859176264     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110036     Document Type: Article

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