Grounding early intervention: Physical therapy cannot just be about motor skills anymore

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-103

  Lobo, Michele A ^a   Harbourne, Regina T ^b   Dusing, Stacey C ^c   McCoy, Sarah Westcott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR SKILLS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; POSTURAL BALANCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872032955     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120158     Document Type: Article

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