Have infant gross motor abilities changed in 20 years? A re-evaluation of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale normative values

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 877-881

  Darrah, Johanna ^a   Bartlett, Doreen ^b   Maguire, Thomas O ^a   Avison, William R ^b   Lacaze Masmonteil, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALBERTA INFANT MOTOR SCALE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; CANADA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905754784     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12452     Document Type: Article

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