Sitting Acquisition and Early Communication Development: Are There Associations in Very Preterm Infants at Six Months of Corrected Age?
Background: Research in typically and some atypically developing populations showed associations between early motor and communication development, documenting how postural development can support communicative advancements. However, these relations have scarcely been investigated in the preterm pop...
| Publicado en: | Children Vol. 11; no. 12; pp. 1538 - 1556 |
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MDPI
Dec2024
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