NICU AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
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Motor behaviors help (3 things): - - organize CNS responses
- promote adaptive resilience to environmental stressors
- influence other primary subsystems of behavioral maturation
Using neuro motor assessment with infants helps (4 things): - 1. Provide window into infant's
neuro & physiological status
2. Examine infant's capacities to respond to extrinsic stimuli
3. Document reactivity of the medically fragile neonate to its environment
4. ID worrisome postures & movement patterns
What 3 factors influence MOVEMENT? - infant, task, & environment
What 3 factors influence the task? - stability, mobility, & functional motor behavior
What 2 factors influence the environment? - Non-regulatory & regulatory
What 3 factors influence the infant? - cognition, perception, & action
24-25 week old presents with: - extreme autonomic volatility
Global hypotonia
28 weeks old presents with: - wide arc, jittery movements
Autonomic instability still persists
<32 week olds present with: - immaturity reflected by ANS instability
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
Motor behaviors help (3 things): - - organize CNS responses
- promote adaptive resilience to environmental stressors
- influence other primary subsystems of behavioral maturation
Using neuro motor assessment with infants helps (4 things): - 1. Provide window into infant's
neuro & physiological status
2. Examine infant's capacities to respond to extrinsic stimuli
3. Document reactivity of the medically fragile neonate to its environment
4. ID worrisome postures & movement patterns
What 3 factors influence MOVEMENT? - infant, task, & environment
What 3 factors influence the task? - stability, mobility, & functional motor behavior
What 2 factors influence the environment? - Non-regulatory & regulatory
What 3 factors influence the infant? - cognition, perception, & action
24-25 week old presents with: - extreme autonomic volatility
Global hypotonia
28 weeks old presents with: - wide arc, jittery movements
Autonomic instability still persists
<32 week olds present with: - immaturity reflected by ANS instability
