Effects of postural manipulations on head movements from birth to 4 months of age

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 195-203

  Lima Alvarez, Carolina Daniel De ^a   Tudella, Eloisa ^a   Van Der Kamp, John ^b,c   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body orientation; Head control; Infants; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTURE; ROTATION;

EID: 84877981083     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2013.778814     Document Type: Article

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