Exam 2 Flashcards
stabilizing movement
postural movement, any action that gains or holds stability in the force of gravity or self-generated forces
locomotor moovement
used to change one’s location in space
manipulative movement
movement that affects the environment with ones body (EX: throwing)
what are reflexive movements
movements that have a high probability of occurring following a stimulus
what are spontaneous movments
movements that have no purpose or stimulus (EX: shaking a rattle)
primitive reflexes
present at birth but are replaced with voluntary movements at about one year
palmar grasp
- birth-4 months
- stimulus: light pressure in palm
- response: grasping of the object in palm
search reflex
- birth-3months
- stimulus: activation of cutaneous receptors in checks (rubbing or pressure)
- response: turn head towards stimulus
suck reflex
- birth-3 months
- stimulus: stimulation of mucosa of lips
- response: create seal and increase volume by dropping tongue and jaw
plantar grasp reflex
- early on-1 year
- stimulus: light pressure on sole of foot
- response: activation of flexer muscles and infant flexes toes
Babinski reflex
- birth-4 months
- stimulus: intense pressure on sole of foot
- response: activation of extensor muscles and toes extend
Moro reflex
- birth-4 months
- stimulus: lowering head while lying horizontally
- response: extension of arms followed by flexion
Asymmetric tonic neck reflex
- birth-2 months
- stimulus: turning head to one side
- response: arm with side of nose will extend and other arm will flex
startle reflex
- picks up at 6 months
- stimulus: loud noise or quick movement
- response: extension of arms followed bu flexion
symmetric tonic neck reflex
- birth-3 months
- stimulus: extension of head and neck while body is supported
- response: extension of arms and bending of knee
palmar mandlublar reflex
- stimulus: pressure simultaneous on both palms
- response: opening of mouth, closing of eyes, and neck flexes
palmar mental reflex
- stimulus: pressure on lower palms
- response: opening and closing of jaw
retained primitive reflexws
when primitive reflexes stay prior to one year and is an indicator of developmental disorder
postural/locotmotor reflexes
generally not present at birth
crawling reflex
- birth-3/4 months
- stimulus: firm pressure on sole of foot while in prone position
- response: push against stimulus
swim reflex
- 2 weeks-5 months
- stimulus: hold baby horizontally or place in water
- response: swimming like motions
stepping reflex
- 1 month-5/6 months
- stimulus: hold infant upright with feet touching surface
- response: push off surface
pull-up reflex
- 2 months-1 year
- stimulus: infant lying supine and grab infant hands and pull up
- response: pull back and flex arms
labryinthine reflex
- 2 months-12 months
- stimulus: tilting of body
- response: infant will try and keep head aligned vertically
head righting reflex
- 1-6 months
- stimulus: infant on back and turned either left or right
- response: try and keep head up right
parachutting down reflex
- 4 months-life
- stimulus: dip infant down in prone position
- response: put arms out as if breaking a fall
rhythmic stereotypies
- movements that are simple and repeated 3x lasting 1 second or less
- low frequency at birth and disappear at 2 years
milestones of postural control
- ) head control while moving
- ) sits without support (support of soft tissue)
- ) sits alone with good coordination
- ) gets to sitting
- ) pulls to stand
- ) stands alone
how does postural development occur
- ) cepholocaudal progression
- ) transition from flexor dominated action to extensor dominated action
- ) wiring of NS to control sway
what do vision and vestibular sensors detect?
sense movement around the head
what does the somatosensory sensors detect?
allow sensory inout about more than head
development of head control
- starts as visually dominant
- 6 months sloppy sitting occurs and sway control appears and start using some somatosensors from neck
development of independent sitting
- 6-7 months the NS has learned how to interpret sway and respond
- begins as visually dominant and gradually gives way to somatosensory information from hips
moving room experiment with sitting
when the room is move towards the sitting infant they will repeatedly fall back
conclusion of the sitting moving room expirement
child needs 3 months of independent sitting experience for the NS to learn to trust the sensory information from the body and to not only rely on vision
development of independent stance
- 9 months: somatosensory information to muscle starts to control stance
- muscle is there, but the NS hasn’t learned how to appropriately respond to sway
standing moving room experiment conclusion
once a new milestone is reached the NS reverts back to using visual senses
when is ankle strategy used
- ) when perpetration is slow and small in amplitude
2. ) when surface is firm and longer than foot
what muscles are used in forward sway in the ankle strategy?
1.) gastronemous
2.) hamstrings
3.) paraspinal
(inferior to superior)
what muscles are used in backward sway of ankle strategy?
1.) tib
2.) quads
3.) abdominals
(inferior to superior)
how does the head move in ankle strategy
the head follows the movement of hips
when is the hip strategy used?
- ) when perturbation if fast and big in amplitude
2. ) when surface is unstable and small
what muscles are used in forward sway of hip strategy?
- ) abdominals
2. ) quads
what muscles are used in backward sway of hip strategy?
- ) paraspinals
2. ) hamstrings
how does the head move in hip strategy?
head moves opposite of hips
how long can it take for balance to be fully developed?
7-11 years
milestones of locomotion
- ) rolling: 4-10 months
- ) pre-walking: lots of variation
- ) walking alone: 9-17/18 months
characteristics of early walking
- ) short strides
- ) wide step width
- ) feet angled outwards
- ) flat footed pressure