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Article: Age-related differences in movement patterns used by toddlers to rise from a supine position to erect stance.
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- February 1, 1998
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Rising to a standing position by young children
is an important step toward developing
independence. Descriptions of movement patterns
that children use to rise from a supine position
to a standing position can be found in the literature.[1,2]
This task is assessed in motor development tests.[3,4] We
believe, however, that these descriptions of performance