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Scorul Ballard
Scorul Ballard
NEOMUSCULAR MATURITY
SCORE
SCORE RECORD
NEUROMUSCULAR Neuromuscular _______
MATURITY SIGN
SCORE
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 HERE Physical ______________
Total ________________
POSTURE
MATURITY RATING
ARM RECOIL -5 22
180° 140 –180° 110 –140° 90 –110° <90°
0 24
POPLITEAL ANGLE 5 26
180° 160° 140° 120° 100° 90° <90°
10 28
SCARF SIGN 15 30
20 32
HEEL TO EAR
25 34
30 36
TOTAL NEUROMUSCULAR
MATURITY SCORE
35 38
PHYSICAL MATURITY 40 40
SCORE RECORD
PHYSICAL 45 42
MATURITY SIGN
SCORE
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 HERE
50 44
sticky gelatinous superficial cracking parchment leathery
smooth pink
SKIN friable red peeling &/or pale areas deep cracking cracked
visible veins
transparent translucent rash, few veins rare veins no vessels wrinkled
GESTATIONAL AGE
(weeks)
LANUGO none sparse abundant thinning bald areas mostly bald By dates _____________
By ultrasound ________
heel-toe anterior By exam _____________
>50 mm faint creases creases over
PLANTAR SURFACE 40–50 mm: -1 transverse
no crease red marks ant. 2/3 entire sole
< 40 mm: -2 crease only