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== Position ==
== Position ==
Child supine lying position both arms beside the body head at neutral position.
Child supine lying position both arms beside the body head at neutral position.
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== <ref>Nicole Edmonds. Flexor Withdrawl Reflex. Available from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4vM8ca8QZU</ref>Reference ==
== <ref>Nicole Edmonds. Flexor Withdrawl Reflex. Available from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4vM8ca8QZU</ref>Reference ==
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[[Category:Paediatrics]]
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Latest revision as of 12:16, 2 August 2021

Original Editor - Ahmed Essam

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Position[edit | edit source]

Child supine lying position both arms beside the body head at neutral position.

Stimulus[edit | edit source]

Therapist scratch sole of the foot rt or left

Response[edit | edit source]

Withdrawal of stimulated leg from the stimulus with extension of toes, dorsiflexion of ankle, hip & knee flexion.

Duration[edit | edit source]

First two months after birth.

[1]Reference[edit | edit source]

  1. Nicole Edmonds. Flexor Withdrawl Reflex. Available from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4vM8ca8QZU