Lab MT- pediatric reflexes Flashcards
(36 cards)
age for placing reflex
0-6 weeks
after 6 weeks baby’s legs are too heavy to lift for their musculature
age for stepping/walking reflex
0-6 weeks
Moro/startle reflex age
0-4 months
rooting reflex age
0-4 month->awake
0-7 months-> asleep
sucking reflex age
0-4months
vertical suspension age
0-6 months
palmar grasp age
0-6months
Blink/dazzle reflex age
0-1 year
acoustic blink reflex age
0-gradual disappear
Landau age
2 weeks- 2 years
landau reflex
hold baby under belly prone hips and head should extend
landau abnormals
if present after 2 years may indicate poor motor development
neck righting age
0-10 months
neck righting
supine rotate head to one side
parachute refles age
6 months- 1 year
babinski age
0-1 year
otolith righting age
0-about 2
otolith righting
hold upright and tilt one side then other
otolith righting normal
lat flex head to maintain horizon
otolith righting abnormal
CNS damage
atlas laterality
Brudzinski test
tuck chin to chest
+ resistance, pain, or hip flexion
i: meningial irritation
Kernig sign
supine knee and hip to 90* extend leg
+ resistance or pain
i: meningeal irritation
ortolani test
supine chiro index on greater trochanter and thumb on trochanter
move hip into flexion and ext rot placing P-A pressure on greater trochanter
+ palpable clunck
i: instability or dislocation of hip anteriorly
Barlow test
posterior hip dislocation
