Development - Reflexes & Skills Flashcards
Plantar Grasp
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 9-12 months
📌 Function: Affects balance and mobility; persistence may delay walking.
Palmar Grasp
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 4-6 months
📌 Function: Prepares for voluntary grasping; persistence may impair fine motor skills.
Moro
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 4-6 months
📌 Function: Startle response, survival reaction. Persistence can indicate neurological issues.
Galant
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 9 months
📌 Function: Assists in movement through birth canal. Persistence may lead to postural issues.
Rooting
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 3 months
📌 Function: Helps with breastfeeding. Absence may indicate neurological impairment.
Tonic Labyrinthine (TLR)
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 6 months
📌 Function: Early movement response to gravity. Persistence may affect postural control.
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck (ATNR)
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 4-6 months
📌 Function: Develops eye-hand coordination. Persistence may interfere with rolling and midline control.
Symmetrical Tonic Neck (STNR)
🍼 Appears: 4-6 months
🚼 Integrates: 8-12 months
📌 Function: Prepares for crawling. Persistence may cause difficulties with sitting and posture.
Babinski
🍼 Appears: Birth
🚼 Integrates: 12 months
📌 Function: Normal in infants, should disappear by 1 year. Persistence may indicate neurological impairment.
Landau
🍼 Appears: 4-5 months
🚼 Integrates: 1-2 years
📌 Function: Strengthens extensor tone and breaks up physiological flexion.
Protective Parachute
🍼 Appears: 4-9 months
🚼 Integrates: Persists
📌 Function: Protective response to falling. Forward: 6-7m, Side: 7-8m, Backward: 9-10m, Stepping: 15-17m.
Head Righting
🍼 Appears: Birth-2 months
🚼 Integrates: Persists
📌 Function: Maintains head alignment with the body.
Equilibrium Reactions
🍼 Appears: Prone: 6m, Supine: 7-8m, Quad: 9-12m, Standing: 12-24m
🚼 Integrates: Persists
📌 Function: Maintains balance and posture in different positions.
Prone Clears Airway
🍼 Appears: 1 month
Prone on Elbows
🍼 Appears: 3 months
Prone on Extended Elbows
🍼 Appears: 4 months
Pivot Prone
🍼 Appears: 5-6 months
Army Crawling
🍼 Appears: 7-8 months
Quadruped
🍼 Appears: 8 months
Creeping (Belly Off Floor)
🍼 Appears: 9-10 months
Pull to Sit Without Head Lag
🍼 Appears: 4 months
Midline Control
🍼 Appears: 4 months
Hand to Feet
🍼 Appears: 5-6 months
Feet to Mouth
🍼 Appears: 7-8 months