Term
| Birth to 10 days (Red Flags) |
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Definition
Medical Hx-prematurity, IVH, BPD, LBW, asphyxia.
Feeding difficulties
Very Stiff or very floppy.
Apneic periods for 20 seconds or longer |
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Obligatory ATNR.
Marked hyper or hypotonus.
Decreased muscle tone and weight bearing through legs. |
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Strong asymmetrical postures.
inability to assume head in midline,
inability to bring hands to body,
pelvis behind shoulder secondary to hip flexion,
medial weight bearing in pronation of ankles,
Toe flexion |
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Inability to assume prone on elbows and extends head + trunk in prone,
Can't maintain sidelying position,
Head lag on pull to sit,
Continuous frog legs during supine, prone and prone on elbows.
Consistent use of head extension in rolling.
Total extensor posture in prone with hip adduction that baby can't move out of.
Lack of development of bilataral symmetrical UE use.
STRONG ATNR.
Lack development of trunk flexor muscles especially in prone on elbows.
Failure to achieve midline orientation of the head and extremities.
Strong asymmetrical posturing. |
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Hip extension w external rotation.
Can't laterally right head/elongate on WB side when prone on elbows.
Can't bring feet to mouth or hands to feet.
Reliance on spinal spinal/neck extension when rolling supine to sidelying.
Dislike of prone position.
Contuinued use of frog leg position to stabilize during activities.
Lack of LE disassociation.
Obvious hypo or hypertonic MMs tone.
Inability to weight shift to both sides.
Always reaching with one arm. |
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ATNR persists.
Hyper or hypotonia present.
Lack variety of movements.
Inability to laterally flex in prone or sidelying.
Significant head lag, lack of pulling with arms, lack of knee extension with hip flexion on pull to sit.
Inability to play w two hands on one foot.
No independent rolling or reliance on spinal extension when rolling from supine to prone.
Inability to actively externally rotate femurs independently.
Maintenance of frog legged or hip extended, add, IR position.
Extreme extensor posturing of legs during standing. |
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low tone or heavy babies may prefer to creep at this age.
Drive to move is strong, baby should move a lot.
Lack of anti-gravity flexor control in supine or prefers supine over prone.
Can't weight shift in prone.
No disassociation of legs. |
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Lack of variability of LE posture during sitting.
Posterior tilt of pelvis during sitting.
Lack of transitional movements. |
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Most but not all babies should be sitting ind. and crawling by 9 months.
Inability to climb.
Bunny hop pattern of crawling. |
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