Pediatrics Flashcards
Rooting reflex
Onset: 28 weeks gestation
Integrated: 3 months
Test: stroke baby’s cheek/mouth/lip
Response: head, tongue, mouth moves towards stimulis
- search & locate food, automatic, searching reflex
Suck-swallow reflex
Onset: 28 weeks gestation
Integrated: 2-5 months
Test: place finger inside baby’s mouth
Response: strong & rhythmical sucking
- eat food, ingestion for nourishment
Traction reflex
Onset: 28 weeks gestation
Integrated: 2-5 months
Test: pull baby up by forearms & pull to sit
Response: head lag due to little head control, complete flexion of UEs including hands (grasping to hold on)
- enhances reflexive grasp to gain voluntary control of this reflex
Moro reflex
Onset: 28 weeks gestation
Integrated: 4-6 months
Test: rapidly drop head backward to create falling sensation
response: phase 1: arm extension & abduction, phase 2: arm flexion, adduction, crying
- started & responds to unexpected environmental changes (loud noises, rapid movement)
- alarm system/fight or flight
Plantar grasp
Onset: 28 weeks gestation
Integrated: 9 months
Test: apply pressure with thumb on baby’s ball of foot
Response: toes curl in flexion
- provides tactile input to sole of food, prepares for walking, running, balance
- reflex retained = hypersensitivity to touch, gravitational insecurity while standing
Galant reflex
Onset: 32 weeks gestation
Integrated: 2 months
Test: hold baby in prone suspension & stroke one side of spine from neck to bottom
Response: lateral trunk flexion on stimulated side
- hip movement & ROM in preparation for walking & crawling
- facilitates lateral trunk movement, trunk stabilization, crawling
Palmar grasp reflex
Onset: 37 weeks gestation
Integrated: 4-6 months
Test: place finger in baby’s palm & apply pressure
Response: reflexive grasp with finger flexion
- increases tactile stimulation on palms and reflexive grasp
- not integrated: poor FM coordination, poor motor coordination (grasp & release), hand manipulation skills
ATNR
Onset: 37 weeks gestation
Integrated: 4-6 months
Test: baby supine, rotate head to side 90 degrees & hold for 5 seconds
Response: face side: arm extension, skull side: arm flexion
- fencing pose, precursor to hand-eye coordination
- if retained: poor reading comprehension due to issues crossing midline including eyes, poor visual tracking & eye pursuits, poor handwriting (head rotation —> arm extension on face side)
- if not integrated: difficulty bringing hands to midline, holding objects with both hands, bringing objects to the mouth, reaching for something in front of them
TLR (tonic labyrinthine reflex)
Onset: 37 weeks gestation
Integrated: 6 months
TLR prone:
- test: baby in prone
- response: body in flexor tone
TLR supine:
- test: baby in supine
- response: body in extensor tone
TLR impairments if it persists
Prone: extending head in prone (since in prone there is an increase in flexor tone, making it difficult to extend the head in prone)
Supine: sitting up independently, which requires flexing the neck (extensor tone dominates & makes it difficulty
- poor posture, muscle tone, coordination
STNR
Onset: 4-6 months
Integrated: 8-12 months
Test:
1) place in crawling position & flex the head —> arms flex, legs extend
2) place in crawling position & extend the head —> arms extend, legs flex
- precursor to crawling
- promotes static quadruped position in prep for crawling
Impairments if STNR persists
- difficulty sitting up from supine (requires neck flexion)
- head flexion = hips & legs will extend & interfere with sitting up
- poor muscle tone & posture (sitting posture if UE and LE are doing the opposite movements)
Landau reflex
Onset: 3-4 months
Integrated: 12-24 months
test: hold baby in horizontal prone suspension
Response: total extension of head, trunk, & extremities
- breaks up flexor tone, facilitates prone extension for posture
- Superman pose
Neck righting acting on body
Onset: 4-6 months
Integrated: 5 years
Test: baby supine, rotate head fully to one side
Response: log rolling (all towards head as 1 unit) to maintain alignment
- allows rolling (supine to side lying), maintain alignment
- precursor to crawling
Body righting acting on body
Onset: 4-6 months
Integrated: 5 years
Test; supine & bend one hip & knee towards chest
Response: segmental rolling (mature, body parts rolling in segments) of upper trunk & spine to maintain head & body alignment
- helps to facilitate rolling from supine to side lying but uses leg to initiate roll
Optical head righting
Onset: birth to 2 months
Integrated: persists throughout life
Test: hold baby suspended vertically & tilt off center (move side to side or forward & backward)
Response: upright positioning of head, orients head in space
- corrects head in space when body not upright
- uses visual cues in environment to maintain head in up position
Labyrinthine righting
Onset: birth to 2 months
Integration: persists throughout life
Test: cover eyes (no visual cues) but maintain head in upright & rinse to vertical in relation to gravity as body follows head movement
- orients head in space
- mediated by vestibular system (labyrinth in the ear)
Downward parachute
Onset: 4 months
Integrated: persists
Test: lower baby towards surface while suspended vertically
Response: extension of LEs
- protection/anticipation of fall
- accurate placement of feet
Forward parachute
Onset: 6-9 months
Integrated: persists
Test: quickly tip baby forward while vertically suspended
Response: rapid UE extension/neck in anticipation
- protective response for falls
Sideward parachute
Onset: 7 months
Integration: persists
Test: tip baby to the side while sitting
Response: arm extends & abducts to the side
- protects against falls
Backwards parachute
Onset: 9-10 months
Integration: persists
Test: quickly tip baby back while sitting
Response: backward arm extension, arm extension to one side spinal rotation
- protects against falls
Prone tilting
Onset: 5 months
Test: position baby in prone on tilt board & raise 1 side of the surface
Response: spine curves on raised side, both arms & legs will extend & abduct
- maintain equilibrium without arm support
- ability to make postural adjustments
Supine tilting
Onset: 7-8 months
Test: position baby supine/sitting on tilt board & raise 1 side
Response: spine curves on raised side, both arms & legs will extend & abduct
- maintain equilibrium without arm support
- ability to make postural adjustments