Version 2.80

Term Description

Position: Infant faces the examiner in a seated position from which he is lowered to semi-sidelying while the examiner cradles the side of the head, keeping the head aligned with the trunk. The legs are kept flexed at the hip and knees. In this reclining (recamier) position, the humerus of the lower arm should be perpendicular to the support surface as the infant leans on his forearm. The other arm should fall forward. The infant should be placed close to the edge so that if s/he pushes to sitting, the lower legs can hang off the table. The examiner waits until she feels the lateral muscles of the neck become active. Omit on children with no upright head control (score = 0).
Procedure: From the above position, the infant is gently lowered to a full sidelying position with the head resting on the support surface. The examiner places one hand on the infant's pelvis and gently applies pressure to initiate lateral head lifting. The hand which was previously under the infant's head can provide a point of support (not assistance) at the crook of the elbow of the top arm which the infant can use to pull the head and trunk upward.

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Lateral straightening of the head and body with arm support
Property
Find
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
Ord
Method
TIMP

Normative Answer List: LL978-8

Source: Infant Motor Performance Scales, LLC
Answer Code Score Answer ID
Makes no attempt to right head or abduct shoulder for weight bearing. 0 0 LA13776-2
Initiates head righting, raises shoulder off the support surface briefly (less than 5 seconds), but does not achieve weight bearing on forearm. 1 1 LA13746-5
Abducts shoulder for weight bearing and bears weight on forearm with elbow flexed more than 90 degrees. 2 2 LA13686-3
Abducts shoulder for weight bearing, places hand and obtains weight bearing on forearm with 90 degree angle at the elbow. 3 3 LA13688-9
Abducts shoulder for weight bearing, places hand and obtains greater than 90 degrees extension of the elbow while weight bearing on the hand. 4 4 LA13687-1

Basic Attributes

Class
TIMP
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.34
Last Updated
Version 2.50 (MIN)

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LOINC Long Common Name
60687-1 Test of Infant Motor Performance Version 5.1

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