Expected findings:
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- Maintains posture of flexion
- Equal and bilateral movement and tone
- Full range of motion all joints
- Ten fingers and ten toes
- Negative hip click
- Grasp reflex present
- Legs appear bowed
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Signs of potential distress or deviations from expected findings:
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- Unequal tone
- Asymmetrical movement of extremities
- Syndactyly
- Unequal leg length
- Asymmetrical skin creases posterior thigh
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- Dislocation of hip
- Persistent cyanosis of nail beds
- Polydactyly
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| * Photo used with permission of Mead Johnson (1978). Variations and Minor Departures in Infants. Nutritional Division Mead Johnson & company, Evansville, Indiana. |
