Development of functional movement Flashcards
Why is it important to understand motor development?
- directly tied to cognition, language, and social skill development
-Assessment of motor skills provides info towards identifying out of norm behaviors (developmental delays, neurodevelopmental disorders) and intervention planning + monitoring
-understanding motor development improves task analysis and treatment across the lifespan
Role of cultural background in development
-Norms are based on averages of infants born in European culture which can lead to inaccuracies
-Cultural background must be considered
Impact of cross cultural research
Challenged assumptions that motor development follows fixed, predictable sequence
Gross motor development variations have been found based on cultural influences
T/f practicing skills (or not) accelerates/decelerates rate of development
True
Developmental ages
Infant
Early childhood
Middle childhood
Adolescent
Infant age
prenatal - 1 year
Early childhood age
1-4
Middle childhood
5-10
Adolescent
11-21
What comes first (apparently): total response or localized response
Total
What comes first (apparently): distal or proximal control
Proximal
What comes first (apparently): caudal or cephalic control
Cephalic
What comes first (apparently): medial or lateral control
Medial
What comes first (apparently): gross motor or fine motor
Gross motor
What comes first (apparently): flexor muscle tone or extensor muscle tone
Flexor
What comes first (apparently): flexor antigravity or extensor antigravity
Extensor antigravity
What comes first (apparently): Weight bearing on flexed extremities or extended extremities
Flexed extremities
4 phases of motor development
0-3 months
4-6 months
7-9 months
10-12 months
Major goal of 0-3 month stage
Head control in all planes
Major goal of 4-6 month stage
Control of arms + trunk
Major goal of 7-9 month stage
Control of lower trunk + pelvis
Major goal of 10-12 month stage
Mobility, control of legs, overall postural control
Characteristic of newborn
Physiologic flexion (flexion resulting from being in utero that provides a degree of stability + control)
Newborn movement
Random movements + reflexes
Role of newborn reflexes
Support movement w/o control of voluntary movement
Protective
Prone movements in newborn
Ability to lift the head and rotate side to side
Hand position of newborn
Hands fisted
Reflexive grasp
Visual and oral development in newborn
Visual regard of environment
Random disorganized eye movements
Oral: sucking
Characteristic of one month
Transition
More active extension: stretch, kick, and turning of head)
What limits active extension in the one month old?
Limited flexor control and remaining physiologic flexion
Head movements in one month old
Head lag in pull to sit
Hold head upright momentarily in supported sit
Prone movement in one month old
Turn and lift head more easily