Reliability of a measure of muscle extensibility in fullterm and preterm newborns

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 173-186

  Beuttler, Marybeth Grant ^a   Leininger, Peter M ^a   Palisano, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor development; Musculoskeletal; Preterm infants; Range of motion; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RELIABILITY; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 84917263800     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J006v24n01_07     Document Type: Article

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