Early Developmental Skills Flashcards
Prone: First on _____, then onto _____
Elbows
Hands
Prone: Initially with elbows _____ ____ ___ with shoulders
Out of line
Prone:
First changes in _____/_____ so WB with _____ _____
Then arms ______ so elbows are under ______
First, ___ ____ WS then shifts to ______ _____ ( __ months) so child can reach toward toy
On extended arms at ____ months
Flexion/extension
Wide BOS
Adduct, shoulders
Face side, skull side, 5 months
6 months
Prone:
Pelvis _______
Pelvis lowers, followed by decreased _______
Last thing to change is _____
Elevated
Abduction
ER
Prone:
Hands loosely _____ when in new position
Hands open with experience and improved _______
Fisted
Balance
Prone:
At ___ months, rolls to supine
At ___ months, swimming
At ___ months, pivots
3
4
6
Prone: Red Flags:
What are red flags at 3 months?
Dislikes prone
Unable to prop even wide BOS
Prone: Red Flags: What are red flags at 5-6 months?
Irregular leg positions — Adduction, IR, extremely wide BOS
Poor WB on hands
Persistent WS to face side
Prone: Red Flags: What are red flags at 6 months?
Unable to roll
Rolls with hyperextension
Prone: Red Flags: What are red flags at 6-7 months?
No evidence of propulsion (lateral or forward)
Supine: Hands to…
Body ( __ months)
Knee (__ months)
Feet to mouth (__ months)
Plays with feet in space (__ months)
3
4
5
6
Supine: What is supposed to happen at 5 months between LE and UE
Dissociated LE and UE movements
Supine: At 7 months, what occurs?
The baby rolls to PRONE!
Rarely stays in supine
Supine: Red Flags: What are red flags that occur at 5 months?
Lack of antigravity flexion
Poor pelvic control
Poor dissociation between UE and LE
Supine: Red Flags: What are red flags at 6 months?
Lack of LATERAL FLEXION
Inability to roll/rolls with hyperextension
Sitting: Sitting with ____ BOS, propping _____, or sits with _____ _______, at (___ months)
_____ _____ if supported
Wide
Forward
Wide BOS
5 months
Head righting
Sitting: What happens at 6 months?
Independent sitting!
Sitting: At 6 months, ___ stabilizes
Will fall to the _____
LE
Sides
Sitting: What happens at 7 months?
Vaults forward to QP
Sitting: When will the baby rotate to QP?
9 months
Sitting: What happens at 8 months?
Variety of sitting positions
Sitting: What happens at 9 months?
Functional position
Sitting: When does the baby achieve a true long sit?
10 months
Sitting: What happens at 11 months?
Bench sits
Sitting: Red Flags: What are red flags at 5 months?
Inability to sit forward
Scapular adduction/guarding position even when supported
Sitting: Red Flags: What are red flags at 6 months?
Inability to sit independently!
Sitting: Red Flags: What are red flags at 6-7 months?
See WS at RIB CAGE rather than PELVIS
Sitting: Red Flags: What are red flags at 9 months?
Lack of variety of positions
No transitions in and out of sitting
Sitting: Red Flags: What are red flags at 10 months?
Inability to move out of W sit
Forward progression/QP: What age does the baby move into QP from prone?
7 months
Forward progression/QP: When the baby is in QP, what movements occur when it is rocking?
Wide BOS
ER
Abducted
Forward progression/QP: When does the baby belly crawl?
7 months
Forward progression/QP: What happens at 8 months?
CRAWLING!
May be with ONE foot forward
Forward progression/QP: What is the baby’s primary mode of locomotion?
Crawling
Forward progression/QP: Red Flags: What are red flags at 7 months?
Persistence of anterior pelvic tilt
Bunny hopping
Forward progression/QP: Red Flags: What are red flags at 11 months?
Abdominal sag
Excessive lumbar lordosis in QP or crawling
Forward progression/QP: Red Flags: What are red flags at 12 months?
WIDE BOS
Pull to standing: Pushes from ___
___ stiffly extended symmetrically
This occurs at how many months?
UE
LE
7
Pull to standing: What happens at 8 months?
Pull to stand through partial HALF kneel
Pull to standing: what happens at 10 months?
Rise to stand thru a squat
Pull to standing: What are the red flags for pull to standing?
And what month is it considered a red flag?
Pulls to stand with stiff LE at 11 months
Kneeling:
What does kneeling look like at 8 months?
WIDE BOS
Hip and knee FLEXION
Dorsiflexion
Kneeling:
What does kneeling look like at 10 months?
Independent with slight hip flexion
Kneeling: What does kneeling look like at 11 months?
Synergistic Activity of HIP FLEXION AND EXTENSION
Kneeling: At 11 months, the foot relaxes into ___ position
PF
Kneeling: What happens at 12 months?
Independent HALF kneeling
Hands free for play
Kneeling: What are red flags, and what month is it considered a red flag?
Excessive lordosis
Continued ankle DF
At 12 months
Standing mobility: What happens at 5 months?
Bouncing
Standing mobility: What happens at 6 months?
FWB
Reaching if supported
Standing mobility: What happens at 7 months?
Standing at a surface
Standing mobility: At 7 months, there is a trade off between ___ and ____
UE and LE
Standing mobility: At 7 months, the baby is _______ and _____ _____ ____
Cruising
Playing with toys
Standing mobility: Falls to ____
Sit
Standing mobility: What happens at 8 months?
Reaches for toy on floor
Standing mobility: What happens at 9 months?
Rotates — cruising faces forward
Standing mobility: What 2 things happen at 10 months?
- Squatting and climbing
2. Walks with ONE hand held (cruises around corners and open spaces)
Standing mobility: Beginning independent _____ and _____
Standing and steps
Standing mobility: What are red flags at 9 months?
Difficult unweighting foot to cruise
Leaning on furniture
Standing mobility: What are red flags at 10 months
Unable to use hands when standing with external support
Standing mobility: What are red flags at 11 months?
Standing with stiff LEs
Standing mobility: What are red flags at 12 months?
Scap adduction when externally supported
Still knees or on toes
Gait changes: ____-____ months average independent walking
11-15
Gait changes: at 11-15 months, BOS ____ after ___ months after independent walking
Decreases
4.5
Gait changes: Temporal phasing occurs ____ months after independent walking
3-6
Gait changes: ____ months consistent heel strike, but can occur as early as ___ months
24
18
Gait changes: What age do you get reciprocal arm swing?
2.5 - 3 years
Gait changes: What age do you have a MATURE walking pattern?
4-5 years
Gait changes: EMGs mature pattern at what ages?
5-6 years
Differences between FULL term and PRETERM babies:
What do you see in a full term baby at 4 weeks?
Preterm baby?
Full: posture dominated by flexion
Sitting with head in midline
Pre: Posture dominated by extension
Sitting with very rounded posture and forward head
Differences between FULL term and PRETERM babies: At 8 weeks?
Full: Prone suspension, head in line with body
Preterm: Prone suspension, COMPLETE FLEXION
Differences between FULL term and PRETERM babies: At 6 months, prone position
Full term: weight on pelvis, lateral WS during reaching
Pre: weight on lower rib cage, minimal head righting
Differences between FULL term and PRETERM babies: At 6 months, in supine
Full: reaches for feet secondary to abdominal and pelvic control
Rolling with rotation
Pre: No reaching for knees
May roll with hyperextension of back
Differences between FULL term and PRETERM babies: At 6 months, in sitting position
Full term: arms free, beginning WS
Preterm: Propped, back rounded, lack of weight shift
Differences between FULL term and PRETERM babies: at 6 months, in standing position
Full term: bears weight with wide BOS
Grading flex/ext
Preterm: minimal WB
Often up on toes
Stiffening of LE or extremely wide BOS
Differences between FULL term and PRETERM babies: At 9 months?
Full: crawls on ALL fours, trunk NEUTRAL
Preterm: If crawling, with wide BOS, lordosis, shoulder elevation
Differences between FULL term and PRETERM babies: at 12 months?
Full: stands alone
Walks at least with help, narrow base
Transitions in and sitting with lateral WS
Preterm: stands with supports
Arms out to side, stiffening of LE, lordosis
Difficulty with transitions secondary to poor lateral WS
Ambulation Potential: Predictors of ambulation/nonambulation?
Presence of primitive reflexes
(ATNR, STNR, Tonic lab, Moro*, neck righting, positive supporting)
-Obligatory
Ambulation Potential: Predictors or independent of assisted ambulation?
________ _________ by 2 years
No children who sat after _____ years became ambulatory
Sitting independently
3
Ambulation Potential: Type of CP
_______ have best prognosis, usually by 2.5 years
________ have good prognosis for independent or assisted ambulation, _______% will ambulation
_________ have poor prognosis, ______% become ambulatory
Hemiplegia
Diplegic, 86-90%
Quadruplegic, 0-27%
Ambulation Potential: Intelligence
In Downs, ___% become ambulatory
In CP, only ____%
80%
10%
Ambulation Potential: For future independent ambulators, will ambulate by _____ months
34
Ambulation Potential: Only a few children achieve assisted ambulation after ____ years
9
Ambulation Potential: However, children with poor prognosis should undergo _____ _______
-They will get ______ experience, _______ _______, and _______ benefits
Ambulating training
Upright, weight bearing, cardiovascular benefits
Ambulation Potential: Provides early modes of ______ _______
Independent mobility