Reflexes

Virtual Child has been an incredible learning tool especially when it comes to all the different milestones children achieve throughout their life. The most important childhood developments are their sleeping, health, eating, and motor development. My own virtual child, Delilah, experiences all of these adaptions that a usual child at eighteen months would up to that point. At the age of eighteen months, her sleeping and eating have regulated to the point where she gets regular sleep and enjoys…

DOI: 3/11/2015. The patient is a 52-year-old female crane operator who sustained a work-related injury to her neck when she was hit by another crane while sitting in her scrap crane. As per OMNI, she was initially diagnosed with strain to multiple body parts. Per the medical report dated 06/10/16, the patient complained of low back pain rated 6/10 with distal lower extremity tingling sensations. She was previously sent to physical therapy and had 60-75% improvement of her symptoms. She has not…

Elisabeth Helms Professor Michel PSY 435-01 28 August 2015 Assignment #2 What are the 3 major types of neurons? How are they functionally different? Why are the functional differences important? There are 3 major neurons that the nervous system uses to carry information throughout the body; sensory neurons, interneurons, and motor neurons. Each type of neuron, all functionally different, interacts with the central nervous system, the brain, and the muscles of the body. Some vary in shape…

Babinski reflex is one of the normal reflexes in infants. Reflexes are responses that occur when the body receives a certain stimulus. The Babinski reflex happens after the bottom of the foot has been rubbed firmly. The big toe then moves up or to the top surface of the foot. The other toes fan out. This reflex is normal in children up to 2 years old. It disappears as the child gets older. It may disappear as early as 12 months. When the Babinski reflex is present in a child older than 2…

consists of a general screen as well as some reflexes that are specific to newborns. The baby’s alertness should be tested by stimulating the foot or cheek. Observe the posture of the infant while lying supine. There should be flexion at the hips, knees and elbows. The baby’s tone should be assessed by suspending the infant in a ventral position. In a baby with normal tone, the back should show some resistance to gravity. The last is the baby’s reflexes. These include the plantar reflex,…

treat stroke patients (Jongbloed et al., 1988). Both the Rood and the neurodevelopmental treatment approaches are sensorimotor approaches used to treat poor motor control. These approaches are theoretically focused on promoting normal motion using reflexes and hierarchical model of motor control. In other…

AP is an active and pleasant 12 months old infant, who is well dressed and appears to be clean. He plays with variety of toys at home. He seems very closely bonded with his mother. He sits in her lap for comfort. His mother is relaxed and have no complaints. Vital Signs: HR 105 regular, RR 30 breath per minute, BP 92/60mmHg. Temperature is 99.4 F. He is 31 inches tall (90.3 percentile). He weighs 22.5 lbs. (72.6 percentile). Head circumference is 43.5 cm (61.8 percentile). BMI is 16.5. No…

For some, letting go of a love one declared brain dead can be extremely difficult, especially if there are reflexes believed to be responses to familiar voice prompting family members to decide against the removal of mechanical ventilator probably hoping that the patient will regain full consciousness. Unlike patients who are in a persistent vegetative state and may recover but with some limitations, brain death patients have no potential hope of reversible functions (Wijdicks, Varelas, Gronseth…

question by exploring infants’ primitive reflexes. How infants acquire certain cognition…

common ancestor somewhere along the evolutionary line. One can only imagine what that human-bug hybrid might have looked like. Since the nervous systems are so similar, I wonder to what degree the brains react in similar ways, specifically regarding reflexes. If a person slams their finger between the door and the doorjamb, the first reaction after removing the finger from its painful position is normally to move the finger to make sure it still works. It's an involuntary action. Similarly,…