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Child Reflexes
Most Important Child Reflexes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rooting | onset: Birth <br> integrated: 3m |
| Suck-swallow | onset: Birth <br> integrated: 2-5m |
| Traction | onset: Birth <br> integrated: 2-5m <br> Complete Flexion of UE |
| Moro | onset: Birth <br> integrated: 4-6m <br> 1st- arm/, ABD, hand opens <br> 2nd- armFlexion & ADD |
| Plantar Grasp | onset: Birth <br> integrated: 9m <br> Toe Flexion |
| Galant | onset: Birth <br> integrated: 2m <br> Lateral Trunk Flexion |
| Asymmetric Tonic Neck | onset: Birth <br> integrated: 4-6m <br> extension of extremities on face side, flexion of them on skull side |
| Palmar Grasp | onset: Birth <br> integrated: 4-6m <br> Reflexive grasp; finger flexion |
| Tonic Labyrinthine Supine/Prone | onset: Birth <br> integrated: 6m <br> Increased Extensor/Flexor Tone; facilitates total body extensor/flexor tone |
| Labyrinthine/Optical Head Righting | onset: birth-2m <br> integrated: persists <br> Upright position of the Head; orients head in space |
| Landau | onset: 3-4m <br> integrated: 1-2.5y <br> Complete extension of neck, trunk, extremities. It breaks up flexor tone |
| Symmetric Tonic Neck | onset: 4-6m <br> integrated: 8-12m <br> Flexion of hips and knees, breaks up extensor tone |
| Neck Righting (NOB) | onset: 4-6m <br> integrated: 5 years <br> Long rolling of the body to maintain alignment with head |
| Body Righting on Body (BOB) | onset: 4-6m <br> integrated: 5 years <br> Segmental rolling of the upper trunk to maintain alignment; facilitates trunk/spinal rotation |
| Downward Parachute | onset: 4m <br> integrated: Persists <br> Protective Extension of Lower Extremities |
| Forward Parachute | onset: 6-9m <br> integrated: Persists <br> Protective extension of the UE, hand opening, neck extension |
| Sideward Parachute | onset: 7m <br> integrated: Persists <br> Protective arm extension and ABDuction to the side |
| Backward Parachute | onset: 9-10m <br> integrated: Persists <br> Protective backward arm extension/ or arm extension to one side |
| Prone tilting | onset: 5m <br> integrated: Persists <br> Curving of spine toward raised side;ABD & Extension of extremities |
| Supine & Sitting tilting | onset: 7-8m <br> integrated: Persists <br> Curving of the spine toward raised side; ABD & Extension of extremities |
| Quadruped tilting | onset: 9-12m <br> integrated: Persists <br> Curving of the spine toward raised side; ABD & Extension of extremities |
| Standing tilting | onset: 1-1.9y <br> integrated: Persists <br> Curving of the spine toward raised side; ABD & Extension of extremities |