| Question | Answer |
| Rooting | 3 mo.
-Stroke the corner of the mouth,upper lip & lower lip
- Movement of the tongue, mouth &/or head towards the stimulus |
| Suck-Swallow | 2-5 mo.
-Place examiner's index finger inside infants mouth with head in midline
-Strong, rhytmical sucking |
| Traction | 2-5 mo.
-Grasp infant's forearms & pull-to-sit
-Complete flexion of upper extremities |
| Moro | 4-6 mo.
-Rapidly drop infant's head forward
-First phase: arm extension/abd, hand opening. Second phase: arm flexion and add |
| Plantar Grasp | 9 mo.
-Apply pressure with thumb on the infant's ball of the foot
-Toe flexion |
| Galant | 2 mo.
-Hold infant in prone suspension, gently scratch or tap alongside the spine with fingers, from shoulder to buttocks
-Lateral Trunk flexion & wrinkling of the skin on the stimulated side |
| Asymetric Tonic Neck | 4-6 mo.
-Fully rotate infant's head & hold for 5 sec
-Extension of the extremities on the face side, flexion of extemities on the skull side |
| Palmar Grasp | 4-6 mo.
-Place examiner's finger in infant's palm
-Finger flexion, reflexive grasp |
| Landau | 12-24 mo.
-Hold infant in horizontal prone suspension
-Complete extenxion of head, trunk & extremities |
| Symmetric Tonic Neck | 8-12 mo.
-Place infant in the crawling position & extend the head
Response: flexion of the hips and knees
-Flexion of hips & knees |
| Neck Righting | 5 years
-Place infant in supine and fully turn head to one side
Whole log rolling
-Log rolling of the entire body to maintain alignment with the head |
| Body Righting | 5 years
-Place infant in supine, flex one hip and knee toward the chest and hold briefly
Body follows by segmentally roling
-Segmental rolling of the upper trunk to maintain alignment |
| Downward Parachute | 4months-Persist
-Rapidly lower infant toward supporting surface while suspended vertically
-Extension of the lower extremities |
| Forward Parachute | 6months- Persist
-Suddenly tip infant forward toward supporting surface while vertically suspended
-Sudden extension of the upper extremities, hand opening and neck extension |
| Sideward Parachute | 7 months- Persist
-Quickly but firmly tip infant off-balance to the side while in the sitting position
-Arm extension and abd to the side |
| Backward Parachute | 9 months-Persist
-Quickly but firmly tip infant off-balance backward
-Backward arm extension or arm extension to one side |
| Prone Tilting | 5 months- Persist
-After positioning infant in prone, slowly raise one side of the supporting surface
-Curving of the spine toward the raised side (opposite to the pull of gravity); abduction/extension of arms and legs |
| Supine Tilting | 7 months- Persist |
| Quadruped Tilting | 9 months- Persist |
| Standing Tilting | 12 months- Persist |
