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What is considered a limiting factor for coordinated hand movements in infants?
At what average age do infants typically begin crawling?
Which motor milestone usually occurs last in an infant's development?
Why might some infants skip crawling in their development?
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What is a characteristic of the developmental milestones of infants?
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What developmental milestone typically begins to emerge around three to five months of age?
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Which theory suggests that the emergence of posture is dependent on reflex integration?
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How is postural control best described in infants?
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What reflects the lack of organized muscle activity in newborns?
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What is one primary function of vestibular development in infants?
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What significant change in movement patterns can predict the diagnosis of cerebral palsy?
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Which aspect of development is critical for establishing a postural frame of reference?
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At what age do differences in head control become evident between sighted and blind infants?
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Which system's development is essential for coordinating action in postural control?
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What characterizes the sensory components involved in emerging head control?
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Study Notes
Development of Postural Control: Head Control and Sitting
- Postural development is crucial for other skills like hand movements and reflex inhibition.
- Head stabilization is crucial for more mature infant movement patterns.
- Motor milestones progress in a predictable sequence: head control, rolling, sitting, standing, creeping, crawling, cruising, independent stance, walking.
- Crawling and cruising may be skipped or occur simultaneously.
- Development is impacted by cultural differences, individual experience, and motivation.
- Postural control is mature by ages 10-12.
- Two theories explain postural control development: reflex/hierarchical and systems.
- Reflex theory links postural control emergence to reflexes appearing & integrating.
- Systems theory emphasizes complex interactions between neural, muscular, skeletal systems.
- Body schema integrates multisensory inputs for postural reference.
Emergence of Head Control
- Fidgety movements are typical in developing infants (3-5 months).
- Impaired nervous systems cause monotonous, poorly differentiated movements.
- Cramped movements and lack of fidgety movements are early cerebral palsy indicators.
- Infants lack steady-state postural control at birth.
- Head control emerges from organized muscle activity, not just strength.
- Vision is crucial for head control, but blind infants initially exhibit head orientation.
- Vestibular development is vital for postural control, gait stabilization, and spatial memory.
- Bilateral vestibular deficits affect body representation and orientation.
- Somatosensory brain circuits develop with motor and visual circuits by 3 months.
- Somatosensory inputs contribute to head control, calibrated by visual information.
Independent Sitting
- Independent sitting develops around 6-8 months.
- Infants learn to control head and trunk sway, responding to disturbances.
- Coordination of sensory and motor information is key to independent sitting.
- Four stages of independent sitting development: no control, partial control, functional control, mature control.
- Trunk control improves with experience, leading to smoother reaching and balance.
- Anticipatory postural activity emerges before reactive control, suggesting sequential development.
- New sitters rely heavily on vision, but with experience they adapt to visual, somatosensory, and vestibular inputs.
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Explore the critical stages of postural control development in infants, including head control and sitting. Understand the impact of postural development on motor milestones and the theories explaining this progression. Discover how cultural and individual factors influence these developmental processes.
