0-12 Months: Motor Development Flashcards
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Full term neonate vs. Preterm
physiological FLEXION
full term: physiologic flexion in all positions
flexion caused by utero positioning during last trimester
premature infants lack physiologic flexion
Swaddling
benefits (5)
precautions
- promote physiological flexion- use with PREMATURE infants
- self-CALMING (self regulation) by allowing hand to mouth sucking
- increase proprioceptive and kinesthetic stimulation
- children with lax ligaments do not have good proprioception - increase MIDLINE ORIENTATION
- helps infants sleep better in SUPINE
- AVOID SWADDLING WITH LEGS EXTENDED AND ADDUCTED WHICH CAN CAUSE HIP DISLOCATION
- -can use the Halo Sleepsac (wearable blanket which is safer)
Where do we need elongation for WB
need elongation on the WB side
why do peds need to learn to cross midline
NEED FOR SCHOOL
body and space awareness
work on rotation, copy postures, have them make an x, cross, grapevine
NEONATE
first 28 days
flexor tone diminishes gradually bc HANDLING and GRAVITY
persistent fisting beyond 3 months: suggests hypertonia, UMN lesion
persistent fisting beyond 3 months
RED FLAG
persistent fisting beyond 3 months: suggests hypertonia, UMN lesion
cortical thumb in palm is ok if hand spontaneously opens and no other neurological signs (dont want beyond 7 months)
older children can be DISTAL FIXING because of low tone and weak core–need WB and core strengthening
sign of weak core in children
triangle chest
need abs to pull ribs down
children without abdominal strength
NEONATE:
PRONE
- posture
- hip
- UE
- hands
- where is the weight
- what can the neonate do in terms of motion
- Anterior Tilt
- HIP: Flexion and adduction: prevent pelvis from lying flat
- UE: flexed and Adducted:
close to the body. Some cases arms are under body - HANDS fisted secondary to strong grasp reflex
Weight on face and upper chest
Neonate can lift and turn head to either side
NEONATE:
SUPINE
HEAD
LE
UE
ACTIONS
head:
slightly ROTATED: not enough muscle control to maintain midline
***low tone babies heads are more turned to the side because have more mobility
UE: arms kept close to the body
shoulder: ADDUCTED, ER
elbow: FLEXED
forearm: PRONATED
- (need supination for a good grasp)
hands: may be FISTED or loosely flexed
LE:
hips FLEXED, ABDUCTED, ER
knee FLEXED
ankle DORSIFLEXED
Actions
RANDOM kicking of both LEs: helps to support pelvis. pelvis frequently moves because of the lack of dissociation.
PT pull to sit by UEs: HEAD LAG
FIRST MONTH
SUPINE
- -head
- -neck
- -arms
- -LE
head: TURNS FURTHER TO SIDE
* Neck Righting Reaction: turn head and neck causes the body to follow in a log roll spontaneously –may not occur with low tone babies
arms: no longer close to body: more ABDUCTED
LE: Random kicking
Neck Righting Reaction:
first month supine
turn head and neck causes the body to follow in a log roll spontaneously
–may not occur with low tone babies
FIRST MONTH
PRONE
- -head
- -neck
- -arms
- -LE
UE
more ABducted and ER: moving away from body
LE
hip less flexion, but still flexion: hip flexors elongating enabling pelvis to LOWER
at rest: more LE extended
–hip flexion increases when baby is active such as when lifting and turning head
FIRST MONTH Prone LE review:
what do LE do at rest
what do LE do when active
at rest:
more LE extended
active:
hip flexion increases when baby is active such as when lifting and turning head
Summary 1st Month
follows with eyes TO MIDLINE (not past midline)
more extension: stretch out more
more head and cervical mobility: allow baby to turn head further
prone: baby lifts head and turns to either side
less proximal tightness in shoulders and hips:
- -shoulders ABduct and ER
- hips EXTEND
Infant carrying positions
over shoulder
LE abducted
LE adducted
OVER THE SHOULDER
promotes head extension/head lifting and some rotation (antigravity)
LE ABducted
encourages head rotation
LE ADducted:
in low tone baby the hips are always splayed out into abduction so we want to hold them with hips adducted
SECOND MONTH
summary
visual tracking
head lag
head and body
tone
kicking
(asymmetrical month)
HEAD
visual tracking PAST MIDLINE from side to side
head lag
POSTURE
posture: asymmetry of head and extremities predominates (note relation of head and shoulder)
TONE
more extended: gravity elongating flexors
LE
bilateral symmetrical kicking
SECOND MONTH
prone
HEAD
lift head ASYMMETRICALLY
- -SCM assist upper traps in lifting head
- -HEAD NOT IN MIDLINE
(ATNR)
head may bob when it is lifted
UE
elbows behind shoulders
scapula ADDucted and elevated
THREE MONTHS
Prone
Supine
SYMMETRY and MIDLINE orientation are more dominant
–asymmetry is not uncommon
PRONE: lifts head 45-90 degrees and maintain midline because of bilateral contraction of paired extensor muscles
SUPINE: can turn head side to side and briefly maintain it in midline
ACCIDENTAL ROLLING: prone: head rotates causing weight shifting and then the shoulder girdle collapses and baby rolls to the side
FROG LEG: UE/LE characterized by bilateral abduction and ER: LEs appear frog leg
**BRING HANDS TO THEIR BODY: important in establishing body awareness
Prop on forearms: elbows in line or in front of shoulders
what important thing happens at three months
MIDLINE–can have head in midline
three months: head lifting in prone
- how high
- midline?
- how?
PRONE:
lifts head 45-90 degrees
maintain midline
because of bilateral contraction of paired extensor muscles
ACCIDENTAL ROLLING:
age
how
3 months
prone: head rotates causing weight shifting and then the shoulder girdle collapses and baby rolls to the side
FROG LEG
appearance
3 months old
UE/LE characterized by bilateral abduction and ER: LEs appear frog leg
**BRING HANDS TO THEIR BODY: important in establishing body awareness
Prop on forearms: elbows in line or in front of shoulders
**may persist later in low tone baby
When in prone are elbows in front of or behind shoulders?
2 months: elbows behind shoulders
scapula ADDucted and elevated
3 months: prop on forearms: elbows in line or in front of shoulders because UE/LE characterized by bilateral abduction and ER:
THREE MONTHS
sitting
- pull to sit
- unsupported sitting
- Pull to sit:
–head lag
shoulder elevation and neck hyperextension
[need bilateral symmetrical capital and neck flexors to bring head in midline, antigravity flexors to not have head lag]
- Unsupported sitting: falls forward
head righting noted extends head
scapula adduction to reinforce extension