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NBCOT Pediatrics
occupational therapy peds 2 midterm
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Health Care
Graduate
10/21/2012

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Term
In postural reflexes, the head tries to stay in an _____ and maintain ________.
Definition
upright
equilibrium
Term
attitudinal
Definition
appear in the first year
ATNR
STNR
Term
Righting
Definition
segmental rolling
3-6 months
Term
Equilibrium
Definition
whole body response
5 to 8 months of age
Term
Landau- superman
Definition
6-10 months
Term
Protective Reax
Definition
start at 5 months and cont. thru first 5 years
prone- (5-6 months)
Lateral (6-11 months)
Backward (9-12 months)
Term
non-prehensile
Definition
pushing or lifting an object with the fingers or entire hand
Term
prehensile movements
Definition
involve grasp of object (precision and power grasp)
Term
precision grasp
Definition
opposition of thumb to fingertips
Term
power grasp
Definition
involves the use of the entire hand (used for large objects)
used to control tools
ex: brushing hair, cutting bread
Term
hook grasp
Definition
used when strength of grasp must be
ex: carrying a suitcase
Term
lateral pinch
Definition
used to exert power on or with small objects
Term
three-point pinch (three-jaw chuck)
Definition
increased stability
ex: pick up blocks
Term
spherical grasp
Definition
wrist EXT, fingers ABduc, some degree of FLEX at MCP and IP joints
ex: holding a ball
Term
cylindrical grasp
Definition
fingers slightly ABD, and transverse arch is flat,
ex: holding a water bottle
Term
disk grasp
Definition
ex: opening a jar
Term
Grasp Development- Approaches to describing:
Definition
1. part of the hand/fingers used in the grasping pattern (ulnar, palmar, radial)
2. location of object in hand (palmar contact, finger surface contact, finger pad contact)
3. muscle activity - increasing control of intrinsic muscles with extrinsic muscle
Term
haptic development
Definition
recognizing objects thru touch
Term
first 6 months
Definition
a voluntary palmar grasp begins to emerge
between 4-5 months- increase in grasp skill
alternately open and close hands- in response to sensory stimuli
Term

second 6 months

hand skill development

Definition
key period for developing hand skills -raking grasp emerges at 7 mo. -hold object between finger surface and thumb (9 months) -intrinsics not effective yet
Term

8 to 9 months 

grasp development

Definition

-larger objects held between thumb and radial fingers

- dramatic increase in skill

 

Term
finger to palm translation
Definition
Term
finger to palm translation
Definition
ex: picking up a coin with the fingers and thumb and moving it into the palm
Term
palm to finger translation
Definition

requires more isolated control of thumb and use of a pattern beginning with finger FLEX and moving toward finger EXT

Ex: moving a coin from the palm of the hand to the finger pads

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