Development - Reflexes & Skills Flashcards
Plantar Grasp
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 9-12 months
📌 Function: Affects balance and mobility; persistence may delay walking.
Palmar Grasp
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 4-6 months
📌 Function: Prepares for voluntary grasping; persistence may impair fine motor skills.
Moro
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 4-6 months
📌 Function: Startle response, survival reaction. Persistence can indicate neurological issues.
Galant
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 9 months
📌 Function: Assists in movement through birth canal. Persistence may lead to postural issues.
Rooting
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 3 months
📌 Function: Helps with breastfeeding. Absence may indicate neurological impairment.
Tonic Labyrinthine (TLR)
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 6 months
📌 Function: Early movement response to gravity. Persistence may affect postural control.
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck (ATNR)
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 4-6 months
📌 Function: Develops eye-hand coordination. Persistence may interfere with rolling and midline control.
Symmetrical Tonic Neck (STNR)
🍼 Appears: 4-6 months
🚼 Integrates: 8-12 months
📌 Function: Prepares for crawling. Persistence may cause difficulties with sitting and posture.
Babinski
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 12 months
📌 Function: Normal in infants, should disappear by 1 year. Persistence may indicate neurological impairment.
Landau
🍼 Appears: 4-5 months
🚼 Integrates: 1-2 years
📌 Function: Strengthens extensor tone and breaks up physiological flexion.
Protective Parachute
🍼 Appears: 4-9 months
🚼 Integrates: Persists
📌 Function: Protective response to falling. Forward: 6-7m, Side: 7-8m, Backward: 9-10m, Stepping: 15-17m.
Head Righting
🍼 Appears: Birth-2 months
🚼 Integrates: Persists
📌 Function: Maintains head alignment with the body.
Equilibrium Reactions
🍼 Appears: Prone: 6m, Supine: 7-8m, Quad: 9-12m, Standing: 12-24m
🚼 Integrates: Persists
📌 Function: Maintains balance and posture in different positions.
Prone Clears Airway
🍼 Appears: 1 month
Prone on Elbows
🍼 Appears: 3 months
Prone on Extended Elbows
🍼 Appears: 4 months
Pivot Prone
🍼 Appears: 5-6 months
Army Crawling
🍼 Appears: 7-8 months
Quadruped
🍼 Appears: 8 months
Creeping (Belly Off Floor)
🍼 Appears: 9-10 months
Pull to Sit Without Head Lag
🍼 Appears: 4 months
Midline Control
🍼 Appears: 4 months
Hand to Feet
🍼 Appears: 5-6 months
Feet to Mouth
🍼 Appears: 7-8 months
Log Rolling (Non-Segmental)
🍼 Appears: 4 months
Segmental Rolling
🍼 Appears: 8 months
Propped Sitting
🍼 Appears: 4 months
Independent Sitting (Hands-Free)
🍼 Appears: 6 months
Transition Sitting to Lying
🍼 Appears: 8 months
Transition Sitting to Quadruped
🍼 Appears: 10 months
Pull to Stand
🍼 Appears: 9-10 months
Cruising
🍼 Appears: 10 months
Independent Standing
🍼 Appears: 11-12 months
Independent Walking
🍼 Appears: 12-17 months (Delayed if after 18 months)
Walking Backwards
🍼 Appears: 18 months
Tandem Stance (2 sec)
🍼 Appears: 20 months
Side Stepping (10 feet)
🍼 Appears: 22 months
Walking Upstairs (Marking Time with Railing)
🍼 Appears: 18 months
Walking Upstairs (Alternating with Railing)
🍼 Appears: 27 months
Walking Upstairs (Alternating Without Railing)
🍼 Appears: 36 months
Walking Downstairs (Marking Time with Support)
🍼 Appears: 18 months
Walking Downstairs (Marking/Alternating Without Support)
🍼 Appears: 26 months
Walking Downstairs (Alternating Without Support)
🍼 Appears: 44 months
Jumping Forward (4 inches)
🍼 Appears: 24 months
Jumping Forward (26 inches)
🍼 Appears: 40 months
Jumping Forward (36 inches)
🍼 Appears: 54 months
Jumping Down (7 inches)
🍼 Appears: 24 months
Jumping Down (16 inches)
🍼 Appears: 29 months
Jumping Up (2 inches)
🍼 Appears: 25 months
Jumping Up (3 inches)
🍼 Appears: 45 months
Jumping Over 2-inch Hurdle
🍼 Appears: 34 months
Hopping Forward (6 inches)
🍼 Appears: 44 months
Galloping (10 feet)
🍼 Appears: 52 months
Skipping (8 steps)
🍼 Appears: 58 months
Skipping (10 steps)
🍼 Appears: 63 months
Which Reflexes appear at birth and integrate at 9-12 months?
Plantar Grasp
Galant (9 months)
Which Reflexes appear at birth and integrate at 4-6 months?
Palmar Grasp
Moro Reflex
Tonic Labyrinthine (TLR) ((6 months))
ATNR