Movement- Creeping

Question 0

Bauers reflex

Answer 0

Pressure on sole of foot causes ext of that leg and flexion of other leg

Question 1

Protective head turning

Answer 1

Reflex to help breathe
Slight lift in midline
Beginning of neck ext

Question 2

Head lift- primitive support

Answer 2

Uses shoulders to stabilize head (retract head)
Moves center of gravity down spine
Develop spinal extension

Question 3

Head control on elbows

Answer 3

(Includes righting, support, and chain rxns)
Center of gravity moves down
Arms come forward
Hips lose some flexion
Weight more evenly distributed=more stable

Question 4

Head control on hands

Answer 4

Center of gravity moves down spine
Legs more neutral (rather than abd and ER)
Helped by support reactions
Hands open up
Unilateral weight shifting eventually happens

Question 5

Prone extension

Answer 5

Maintain prone ext with no help from extremities

Later develops into midline stability reactions

Question 6

Pivoting

Answer 6

Turning and reaching for things
Adapts neck, trunk, hip ext
Combines midline ext with flexion, abd, add, IR, ER

Question 7

Bilateral crawling

Answer 7

Pushing or pulling with hands

Question 8

Unilateral crawling

Answer 8

Moving forward with total weight bearing on one side, then switching

Question 9

Reciprocal crawling

Answer 9

Contralateral arm and leg movements on belly

Question 10

Creeping

Answer 10

Needs strength to hold body up against gravity
Backward pushing usually comes first
Will fluctuate between hands and knees to hands and feet