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Test Position: Any
Stimulus:Touch to Lips or Cheek
Response: Turning Towards Stimuli
Significance: Finding Nipple |
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Test Position: Any
Stimulus: Touch to Oral Area
Response:Sucking & Swallowing
Significance: Nourishment |
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Test Position: Any
Stimulus: Touch to palm or ulnar side of hand; also elicited by sucking
Response: Digits Flex
Significance: Physiological Flexion; initial means of interaction w/ caretaker & objects |
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Test Position: Any; stronger response if ankle is dorsiflexed
Stimulus: Touch Proximal to toes on plantar surface
Response:Toes Flex
Significance: Physiological Flexion; integrated w/ standing and walking. Absence suggests pathology |
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Test Position: Supine
Stimulus: Passively extend arm or leg and then release
Response:Immediately return to flexed position
Significance:Physiological Flexion |
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Test Position: Suspend Infant vertically in front of a table
StimulusL Brush dorsum of hand or foot under edge of table
Response: Infant places hand or foot on table
Significance: Preparation for weight bearing |
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Test Position: Suspend infant vertically
Stimulus: Bring sole of foot in contact with firm surface
Response: Wear weight through feet. Hips & knees are not fully extended
Significance: Preparation for standing |
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Test Position: Suspend Infant vertically with some weight through feet
Stimulus: Lean Infant slightly forward
Response: Reciprocal stepping
Significance: Preparation for ambulation; LE reciprocal pattern |
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| GALANT (TRUNCAL INCURVATION) |
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Testing Position: Prone
Stimulus: Stroke Paravertebral are on 1 side from thoracic to sacral region
Response: Lateral trunk flexion on stimulated side
Significance: Lateral Trunk Patterns |
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Test Position: Supine or semi-reclined
Stimulus: Dropping head backwards from semi-reclined position or loud noise near the head
Response: Shoulder abduction, elbow extension, & splaying of digits
Significance: Alerts caregiver if infant may be in danger. Absence is indicative of pathology |
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Test Position: Supine, head in midline, LE's extended
Stimulus: Touch to Sole of foot
Response: Stimulated LE flexes
Significance:Coordinates flexor-extensior muscle groups of the LE's; movement patters are foundational for mobility |
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Testing Position: Supine, head in midline, one LE Extended & the opposite LE flexed
Stimulus: Touch to sole of foot of flexed LE
Response: Stimulated LE extends |
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Test Position: Supine, head in midline, 1 LE extended and the opposite LE flexed
Stimulus: Flex the extended LE
Response: Opposite LE Extends |
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| ASYMMETRICAL TONIC NECK REFLEX (ATNR) |
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Test Position: Supine, head in midline, extremities extended
Stimulus: Turn head 90 degrees to one side
Response: Extension of UE/LE on face side, Flexion of UE/LE on skull side
Significance: Contributes to devp. of muscle tone and postural mechanisms |
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| SYMMETRICAL TONIC NECK REFLEX (EXTENSION) |
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Test Position: Prone over testers lap
Stimulus: Extend Neck
Response: UE extends and LE flexion |
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| SYMMETRICAL TONIC NECK REFLEX (FLEXION) |
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Test Position: Prone Over testers lap
Stimulus: Flex Neck
Response: UE flexion and LE extension |
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| TONIC LABYRINTHINE (PRONE) |
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Test Position: Prone, head in midline
Stimulus: Prone Position
Response: Increased flexion tone |
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| TONIC LABYRINTHINE (SUPINE) |
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Test Postion: Supine, head in midline
Stimulus: Supine Position
Response: Increased extension tone |
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| POSITIVE SUPPORTING REACTION |
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Test Position: Suspended standing, supported under axillae
Stimulus: Bounce childs feet several times against the floor
Response: Rigid extension of LE's w/ hip internal rotation/adduction & ankle plantar flexion
Significance: prep for weight bearing through LE's; obligatory response with pathology |
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Test Position: Any position
Stimulus: movement requiring effort (e.g. squeeze an object)
Response: Mirroring of opposite extremity and/or increased tone in other body parts
Significance: associated reactions are stereotypic, tonic reactions; 1 extremity influences the posture of another secondary to increased tone |
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