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TONIC NECK REFLEXES IN CHILDREN

TONIC NECK REFLEXES IN CHILDREN Cerebral palsies are commonly described in qualitative terms, such as pyramidal and extrapyramidal, or spastic and athetoid. While these terms may be of value in elucidating the genesis of the motor disturbance and in indicating the applicability of certain forms of treatment to it, they leave much to be desired from the quantitative point of view. Psychologic studies in some measure help to establish an intellectual basis for educational and social plans, but they are in no sense a reliable guide to future motor function. Furthermore, they are of limited validity in their own field when applied to infants under 2 years of age, especially when applied to infants whose responses are impaired by motor difficulties. During the past few decades investigations on laboratory animals and clinical material have suggested that certain disturbances of motor function in man are of significance as an index of extensive damage, deterioration or malformation http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American journal of diseases of children American Medical Association

TONIC NECK REFLEXES IN CHILDREN

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1938 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0096-8994
eISSN
1538-3628
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1938.01980100032002
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Abstract

Cerebral palsies are commonly described in qualitative terms, such as pyramidal and extrapyramidal, or spastic and athetoid. While these terms may be of value in elucidating the genesis of the motor disturbance and in indicating the applicability of certain forms of treatment to it, they leave much to be desired from the quantitative point of view. Psychologic studies in some measure help to establish an intellectual basis for educational and social plans, but they are in no sense a reliable guide to future motor function. Furthermore, they are of limited validity in their own field when applied to infants under 2 years of age, especially when applied to infants whose responses are impaired by motor difficulties. During the past few decades investigations on laboratory animals and clinical material have suggested that certain disturbances of motor function in man are of significance as an index of extensive damage, deterioration or malformation

Journal

American journal of diseases of childrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Apr 1, 1938

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