Erik Setiawan

• Phasic or movement
reflexes which coordinate
muscles of extremities in
pattern of either total
flexion or extension
• Positive reaction = normal
until 2 months age.
• After 2 months age =
abnormal (indication of
delayed reflexive
maturity)
• Static postural reflexes &
effect changes in
distribution of muscle
tone throughout body,
either in response to a
change of position of
head & body in space or
in head in relation to
body
• Righting reactions interact
with each other & work
toward establishment of
normal head & body
relationship in space as
well as in relation to each
other
• Max concerted effect
about 10-12 months
• Disappear towards end of
5th year
• Group of reflexes observed in infants & young children – not
strictly righting reflexes, but reactions produced by changes in
head position & involve either semicircular canals or labyrinths
or neck propriceptors
• Mediated by efficient
interaction of cortex,
basal ganglia,
cerebellum
• Occur when muscle tone
is normalized & provide
body adaptation in
response to change of
COG in body
• Emerge from six months
on