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Peds Unit 1: Developmental Reflexes/Reactions Flashcards

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What is onset age of the Rooting Reflex?

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28 weeks gestation

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With the Rooting reflex, what is the Integration age?

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3 months

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How do you stimulate the Rooting Reflex? What position do you put the baby in?

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By stroking the corer of the mouth, upper lip, and lower lip

  • The baby will be in supine or sitting with the head in midline
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With the rooting reflex, what is the Response and Relevance?

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Response
- Movement of the tongue, mouth and head toward the stimulus with opening of the mouth

Relevance
- This allows for searching for and locating the feeding source (breast or bottle)

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What is the onset age of the Suck-Swallow Reflex?

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28 weeks Gestation

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What is the Integration Age for the Suck-Swallow Reflex?

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2-5 months

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How do you stimulate the Suck-Swallow Reflex? What position should the baby be in?

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Place a finger or nipple inside the infants mouth

  • Baby placed in supine with head in midline
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With the Suck-Swallow Reflex, what is the Response and Relevance?

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Response
- Lip closure followed by stron, rhythmical suck and finally swallow

Relevance
- Feeding - allow for ingestion of food

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What is the onset age of the Moro Age?

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28 weeks = Finger extension ; 41 weeks = Complete

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What is the Integration age of the Moro Reflex?

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5-6 months

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How do you stimulate the Moro Reflex and what position is the baby in?

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Rapidly drop the infants head backward about 30°

  • The babies position is supine with the head in midline
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With the Moro Reflex, what is the Response and Relevance?

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Response
- 1st phase: Arm extension/Abd/Hands open
- 2nd Phase: Arm Flexion/Add, often accompanied by crying, shaking, or tremors

Relevance
- Helps to break up the physiological Flexion seen in newborns

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What is the Onset age of the Traction Reflex?

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28 weeks Gestation

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What is the Integration age of the Traction Reflex?

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2 - 5 months

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How do you stimulate the Traction Reflex and what position is the baby placed in?

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Grasp the infant’s forearm and pull to sit

  • Place baby in supine with head in midline
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With the Traction Reflex, what is the Response and Relevance?

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Response
- Complete flexion of both upper extremities including a grasp

Relevance
- Enhances momentary grasp

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What is the onset age of the Plantar Grasp Reflex?

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28 week gestation

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What is the Integration age of the Plantar Grasp Reflex?

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9 months old

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How do you stimulate the Plantar Grasp Reflex and what position do you place them in?

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Apply pressure with you thumb on the ball of the infant’s foot

  • Place them in supine with their head in midline
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With the Plantar Grasp Reflex, what is the Response and Relevance?

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Response
- Toe Flexion

Relevance
- Believed to be a phylogenic memory of young animals clinging to their mothers

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What is the Onset age for the Palmer Graps Reflex?

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37 weeks gestation (birth)

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What is the Integration age of the Palmer Grasp?

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4 - 6 months

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How do you stimulate the Palmer Grasp Reflex and what position is the baby placed?

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Place your index finger in teh infants palm from the ulnar side and give pressure to the palm

  • Baby in supine with head in midline
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With the Palmar Grasp, what is the Response and Relevance?

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Response
- Phase 1 = Catching or a quick flexion and adduction of the arms
- Phase 2 = Holding for reflexive grasp

Relevance
- Enhace grasp

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What is the onset age for the Positive Support Reflex?
35 weeks gestation
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What is the Integration age for the Positive Support reflex?
- 1 - 2 months (immature) - 6 months (mature)
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How do you stimulate the Positive Support Reflex, and what position is the baby placed?
- **Immature**: Bring the infant downward allowing his feet to make contact with support surface - **Mature** Contact on the ball of the foot on the support surface Position: **Immature**- Hold infant uprightunder the arm around the chest **Mature**- Upright standing
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With the Positive Support reflex, what is the Response and Relevance?
**Response** - (Immature): Partial weight bearing with hips and knees slightly flexed (may observe plantarflexion, espeically in premature infants) - (Mature): Rigid extension (co-contraction) of LE **Relevance** - Allows for weight bearing in upright
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What is the onset age of the Spontaneuous Stepping reflex?
37 weeks of gestation
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What is the Integration age of the Spontaneuous Stepping reflex?
2 months
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How do you stimulate the Spontaneous Stepping reflex and what position is the baby placed in?
Incline the infant forward - Hold the infant upright under the arm around the chest
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With the Spontaneuous Stepping reflex, what is the Response and Relevance?
**Response** - Automatic stepping **Relevance** - Spontaneous stepping
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What is the Onset age of the Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)?
37 weeks gestation (peaks at 1 - 2) months
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What is the Integrated age of the Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)?
4 - 6 months
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How do you stimulate the Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR) and what position do you place the baby in?
Use a visual stimulus to encourage the infant to follow and turn his head 180° (can manually move the infants head) - Baby placed in supine
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With the Asymmetrical Tone Neck Reflex (ATNR), what is the response and relevance?
**Response** - Extension of the extremeties on the face side with flexion on the extremeties on the skull side (Fencer's position) **Relevance** - Promotes visual regard for the hand
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What is the onset Age for the Symmetrical Tone Neck Reflex (STNR)?
4 - 6 months
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What is the Integrations age for the Symmetrical Tone Neck Reflex (STNR)?
8 - 12 months
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How do you stimulate the Symmetrical Tone Neck Reflex (STNR), and what position is the baby placed?
Head extension or head flexion - Ventral suspension, across your lap or on all 4's
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With the Symmetrical Tone Neck Reflex (STNR), what is the response and relevance?
**Response** - With head extension you will see UE extension and LE flexion - With head flexion you will see UE flexion and LE extension **Relevance** - Breaks up total extensor posture (which predominates at this age) and facilitates quadruped position
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What is the onset age for the Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex - Supine (TLR-S)?
> 37 weeks
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What is the Integration age for the Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex - Supine (TLR-S)?
6 months
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How do you stimulate the Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex - Supine (TLR-S), and what position is the baby placed?
Stimulate by placing the baby in supine
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With the Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex - Supine (TLR-S), what is the Response and Relevance?
**Response** - Increased extensor tone **Relevance** - Facilitates total body extension
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What is the onset age of the Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex - Prone (TLR-P)?
> 37 weeks
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What is the Integration age of the Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex - Prone (TLR-P)?
6 months
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How do you stimulate the Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex - Prone (TLR-P), what position is the baby placed?
Stimulate the baby in prone
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With the Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex - Prone (TLR-P), what is the response and relevance?
**Response** - Increased flexor tone **Relevance** - Facilitates total body flexion
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What is the onset age of the Labyrinthine Head Righting Reaction?
Birth - 2 months until about 6 months
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What is the Integration age of the Labyrinthine Head Righting Reaction?
Persist
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How do you sitmulate the Labyrinthine Head Righting Reaction, and what is the position of the baby?
- Slowly tilt (about 45°) to the side, forward or backward - gravity is the stimulus -Birth = complete head lag -2 months = Little lag -3-4 months = No lag -6 months = Assisting in the pull to sit - We hold the infant in vertical suspension with blindfold on -Can also be done through a pull to sit
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With the Labyrinthine Head Righting Reaction, what is the response and relevance?
**Response** - Upright positioning of head **Relevance** - Orients head in space and maintains face vertical - head control
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What is the onset age for the Neck Righting reflex?
4 - 6 months
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What is the integration age of the Neck Righting Reflex?
5 years
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How do you stimulate the Neck Righting Reflex and what position is the baby placed in?
Fully turn the infants head to one side - Place baby in supine
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With the Neck Righting Reflex what is the Response and Relevance?
**Response** - Low rolling of the entire body to maintain alignment with the head **Relevance** - Maintains head and body alignment and initiates rolling
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What is the onset age of the Body Righting reflex?
4 - 6 months
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What is the Integrating age with the Body Righting reflex?
5 years
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How do you stimulate the Body Righting Reflex and what position is the baby placed?
Flex one hip and knee toward the chest, adduct, rotate the pelvis and hold briefly - Baby placed in supine
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With the Body Righting Reflex, what is the reponse and Relevance?
**Response** - Segmental roll of the upper trunk to maintain alignment **Relevant** - Facilitates trunk and spinal rotation and improved trunk control
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What is the onset age of the Landau reflex?
3 - 4 months
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What is the integration age of the Landau Reflex?
12 - 24 months
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How do you stimulate the Landau reflex, what position is the baby placed in?
Hold the infant in horizontal prone suspension - Placed in horizontal prone suspension
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With the Landau Reflex, what is the Response and Relevance?
**Response** - Complete extension of the head, trunk, and extremeties **Relevance** - Breaks up flexor dominance and facilitates prone extension
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What it the onset age of the Protective Reaction UE - Forward?
6 - 7 months
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What is the integration age Protective Reaction UE - Forward?
Persist
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How do you stimulate the Protective Reaction UE - Forward, and what position is the baby placed?
Suddenly tip the infant forward toward the supporting surface - Baby placed vertical, sitting, or kneeling
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With the Protective Reaction UE - Forward, what is the response and relevance?
**Response** - Sudden extension of both UE, hand opening, and neck extension - to break the fall **Relevance** - Enhace UE weight bearing, reach and grasp. Protection from a fall
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What is the onset age of the Protective Reaction UE - Sideways?
7 - 8 months
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What is the Integration age of the Protective Reaction UE - Sideways?
Persist
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How do you stimulate the Protective Reaction UE - Sideways, what position in the baby placed?
Suddenly tip the infant off balance to the side while in the sitting position
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With the Protective Reaction UE - Sideways, what is the Response and Relevance?
**Response** - Sudden extension and ABD of the arm to the side **Relevance** - Support the body for unilateral use of the opposite arm. Protection from a fall
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What is the onset age of the Protective Reaction UE - Backward?
9 - 10 months
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What is the Integration age of the Protective Reaction UE - Backward?
Persist
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How do you stimulate the Protective Reaction UE - Backward, and what position is the baby placed?
Suddenly tip the infant off balance to the side while in the sitting position
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With the Protective Reaction UE - Backward, what is the Reponse and Relevance?
**Reponse** - Backward arm extension or arm extension to one side **Relevance** - Unilateral facilitates spinal rotation. Protection from a fall
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What is the onset age of the Protective Reaction LE - sideways (staggering)?
15 - 18 months
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What is the Integrating age of the Protective Reaction LE - sideways (staggering)?
Persist
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How do stimulate the Protective Reaction LE - sideways (staggering), and what position is the baby placed in?
Push the baby off balance while in standing
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With the Protective Reaction LE - sideways (staggering), what is the Response and Relevance?
**Response** - Lateral, forward or backward stepping depending on teh direction of the push **Revelance** - Balance and protection from falling
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