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PLACING RESPONSE [2 records]

Record 1 2013-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A postural response, elicited in the early weeks of life, in which the infant is supported by the examiner's hands under the arms and around the chest and lifted so that the dorsal part of the foot lightly touches a protruding edge, such as a table top. Normally, the legs are lifted by simultaneous flexion of the hips and knees, and the feet placed on the table; absent in paralysis of the lower limbs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Réflexe archaïque provoqué lorsque l'enfant, saisi à deux mains, en position verticale, est amené au contact d'un plan dur horizontal au niveau dorsal des pieds : l'enfant fléchit alors la jambe, passant ainsi son pied sur le plan dur.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

The successive flexion-extension movement of the limbs of an animal tat results in its paw being placed on the table top when the dorsum of the paw lightly touches the edge. It is generally thought to involve the cerebral cortex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

La marche automatique. Elle est recherchée conjointement au réflexe de redressement global. L'enfant étant maintenu légèrement penché en avant ébauche quelques mouvements de marche avec appui sur les talons. Ce réflexe d'enjambement complète cette épreuve. On met le dos du pied en contact avec le bord inférieur d'une table, le membre inférieur l'escalade.

Spanish

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