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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
, and legs flex ... holding jaw over shoulder ... #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
test itself involves ... adduction of the ... thumb on the same hand ... clinical #video #neurology ... #physicalexam
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
one side, the leg ... the arm and leg ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video #Neurology ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Kernig's sign is present if the patient, in the supine position with the
Kernig's Sign in ... , and/or there is ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... #neurology
Tone - Leg Traction on Physical Exam
Leg traction is done by holding the leg by the
The knee should ... is a sign of hypotonia ... Lower #Extremity ... clinical #video #peds ... #pediatrics
Tone - Leg Recoil on Physical Exam
To test leg recoil, the legs are fully flexed on
Physical Exam To test ... The legs should ... #Extremity #tone ... clinical #video #peds ... #pediatrics
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Upper Extremity ... Motor Function Shoulder ... , T1 (median) Reflexes ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Wartenberg Thumb Reflex

Forceful flexion of the fingers at the distal IP joints produces (Adduction, flexion, and
Wartenberg Thumb Reflex ... called the upper extremity ... Wartenberg #Thumb #Reflex ... #Adduction #Sign ... #neurology #physicalexam
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
flexion of the knees ... knee flexion occurs ... an involuntary reflex ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Lower Extremity ... Reflexes: • ... Knee - L2, L3, ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... #physicalexam