Trajectories of general movements from birth to term-equivalent age in infants born <30weeks' gestation

Early Human Development

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 683-688

  Olsen, Joy E ^a,b,c   Brown, Nisha C ^a   Eeles, Abbey L ^a   Lee, Katherine J ^a,b   Anderson, Peter J ^a,b   Cheong, Jeanie L Y ^a,b,c   Doyle, Lex W ^a,b,c   Spittle, Alicia J ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

General movements; Perinatal variables; Postmenstrual age; Term equivalent age; Very preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENERAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTMENSTRUAL AGE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; TERM EQUIVALENT AGE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MOVEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84983134165     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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