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LOINC 2.82

Head control - posterior neck muscles [TIMP]

Definition

  • Position: Infant is held upright in vertical sitting facing the examiner, supported at the shoulders with upper arms held at sides of trunk. Legs rest on the support surface. Procedure: Allow infant's head to fall forward gently. Do not pursue for longer than 15 seconds if no response is observed. Timing should not include periods when the head is bobbing. If infant's head deviates from midline more than 15 degrees in any direction, give next lower score.

Component

  • Head control - posterior neck muscles

Specimen / system

  • ^Patient

Class

  • TIMP

Property

  • Find

Scale

  • Ord

Method

  • TIMP

Related names

  • Finding; Findings; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; Test of Infant Motor Performance

Index terms

  • Finding
  • Findings
  • Ordinal
  • Point in time
  • QL
  • Qual
  • Qualitative
  • Random
  • Screen
  • Test of Infant Motor Performance