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Linda Kahn D'Angelo
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Research Interests:
  • Motor development: normal & abnormal
  • Early intervention
  • RX for children/infants with motor delay
  • Infant assessment
  • Therapeutic Riding

Previous Research:

  • Habituation by infants
  • Habituation of motor reflexes in normal infants
  • Is the Small for Gestational Ageterm infant at risk for developmental delay?
  • Habituation of flexion by glabella reflexes by 1 & 2 months old Comparison of motor developmentof
  • SGA-term infants with that of full-term normal birthweight infants
  • Effect of sedative music on HR of Preschool Children

Current Research:

  • Sensory Impairment in CP
  • Effects of Therapeutic Riding
  • Reliability of Posture Assessment Tool
  • Manual Muscle Testing in Children
  • Reliability of Forward Head Measure
  • Kinesthesia and hand dominance
  • Use of air splint to decrease spasticity MCP
  • Physical Therapy in the Special Care Nursery

 

 

Linda Kahn D'Angelo

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University of Massachusetts Lowell - One University Avenue - Lowell, Massachusetts  01854 
For More Information: David_Wegman@uml.edu