Infants born preterm demonstrate impaired object exploration behaviors throughout infancy and toddlerhood

Physical Therapy

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-64

  Lobo, Michele A ^a   Kokkoni, Elena ^a   Cunha, Andrea Baraldi ^b   Galloway, James Cole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 84920489666     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130584     Document Type: Article

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