60708-5
Head control - lowered from sitting [TIMP]
Active
Term Description
Position: Infant is held upright in vertical sitting on a support surface facing examiner supported at the shoulders with upper arms held at sides of trunk.
Procedure: Infant is lowered slowly backwards to a 45 degree angle.
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Head control - lowered from sitting
- Property
- Find
- Time
- Pt
- System
- ^Patient
- Scale
- Ord
- Method
- TIMP
Normative Answer List: LL966-3
Source: Infant Motor Performance Scales, LLCAnswer | Code | Score | Answer ID |
---|---|---|---|
Unable to hold head vertically. | 0 | 0 | LA13815-8 |
Maintains head in vertical position while upright but immediately loses control when movement begins. | 1 | 1 | LA13768-9 |
Maintains head vertically while upright and maintains control for less than 15 degrees of backward movement. | 2 | 2 | LA13772-1 |
Maintains head vertically while upright and maintains control for 15-45 degrees of backward movement, head in midline. | 3 | 3 | LA13771-3 |
Maintains head vertically while upright and maintains control for more than 45 degrees of backward movement with chin tucked and head in midline. | 4 | 4 | LA13773-9 |
Basic Attributes
- Class
- TIMP
- Type
- Surveys
- First Released
- Version 2.34
- Last Updated
- Version 2.50 (MIN)
Member of these Panels
LOINC | Long Common Name |
---|---|
60687-1 | Test of Infant Motor Performance Version 5.1 |
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Copyright
- Organization
- Infant Motor Performance Scales, LLC
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2001 IMPS, LLC. Authors: Suzann K. Campbell, Gay L. Girolami, Thubi, H. A. Kolobe, Elizabeth T. Osten, Maureen C. Lenke. All rights reserved.
- Terms of Use
- Used with permission.
- URL
- https://www.infantmotortest.com/terms.html
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