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o   Position: Place child in supine with head in midline

o   Procedure: Using your finger, stroke the perioral skin at the corner of the mouth, moving laterally toward the cheek, upper lip, and lower lip

o   Response: Infant turns head toward stimulus; if to lower lip, mouth tends to open

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Position: Hold child vertically under the arms, tilting child in space
Procedure: Tilt child's body in all directions
Response: Head orients to vertical position and is steady, maintained in proper orientation to environment

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o   Position: Place child in supine with head in midline

o   Procedure: Grasp child’s wrists and pull toward sitting position

o   Response: Flexion of shoulders, elbows, wrists, and fingers occur

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o   Position:  1. Prone   2. Supine

o   Procedure: Observe the child’s tone and posture in prone and supine positions.
Child in prone, lift head; evaluate presence of flexor tone.
Child in supine, pull-to-sit, noting presence of extensor tone

o   Response: Prone, flexor tone dominates; child will not lift head
Supine, extensor tone dominates; child will not flex in pull-to-sit

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o   Position: Place child supine with head in midline and hands free

o   Procedure: Place index finger into the infant’s hands with pressure over the metacarpal heads

o   Response: Fingers will flex around the examiner’s

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Position: Place child supine with head in midline
Procedure: Hold one leg straight: apply firm pressure or noxious stimulus to sole of foot
Response: Flexion, adduction, and then extension of the opposite leg

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Position: Place child supine with head in midline and legs relaxed
Procedure: Place firm pressure against volar aspect of foot, directly below toes
Response: Plantar flexion of toes occur

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Position: Place child supine with head in midline
Procedure: Lift and turn child's head to side
Response: Child's body follow "like a log", that is, nonsegmentally

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Galant’s Response (Incurvation of the trunk)

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Galant’s Response (Incurvation of the trunk)

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Position: Place the infant in prone (in horizontal suspension) over your hand.
Procedure: Stroke with pressure along a paravertebral line.
Response: Trunk curves with shortening on the stimulated side.

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Position: Place child supine with head and midline.
Procedure: Please finger or nipple into the infant's mouth.
Response: rhythmic suckling movements occur; lips, tongue, and jaw move synchronously, first down and forward, then up and back.

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Position: support infant in vertical suspension with your hands under the arms and around the trunk.
Procedure: Allow feet to make contact with the support surface.
Response: Co-contraction of lower extremity muscles occurs, with limb support of minimal body weight.

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• Position: Hold child upright, in vertical suspension.
• Procedure: Brush the for sum of child’s hand or foot against tabletop.
• Response: The limb lifts in flexion, then is followed by extension as if to place it on the table.

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Position: Place baby in the supine position.
Procedure: Have baby turn head to one side.
Response: extension of the arm and leg to which the face is turned occurs, along with flexion of the opposite limbs, producing an apparent “en guarde” fencing posture.

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• Position: Place child supine with head in midline.
• Procedure: Support infant’s head and shoulders with hands and allow head to drop back 20 to 30 degrees with respect to trunk, stretching neck muscles.
• Response: Abduction of the upper extremities with extension of the elbows, wrists, and fingers occurs, followed by subsequent Adduction of the arms at the shoulders and Flexion at the elbows.

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• Position: Place child supine with head in midline and legs relaxed.
• Procedure: Apply noxious stimulus, such as pinprick, to sole of foot.
• Response: Stimulated leg reacts with Flexion at hip, knee, and ankle, withdrawing the extremity.

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• Position: Support child as in vertical suspension as described previously, but lean infant’s body weight forward.
• Procedure: Hold infant upright in vertical suspension, touching feet to support surface. Lean infant slightly forward to elicit stepping.
• Response: Alternating stepping movements occur.