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stepping reflex [1 record]

Record 1 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Movements of progression elicited when the infant is held upright and inclined forward with the soles of the feet touching a flat surface; it is obtainable in the normal infant up to the age of six weeks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Mouvements alternés de flexion et d'extension des membres inférieurs (pas de marche) observés chez le nouveau-né, en position verticale, le corps légèrement incliné vers l'avant et les soles plantaires en contact avec le plan d'examen. (D'après SANEU, 1974, p. 96).

OBS

réflexe de la marche automatique : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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