Preferred Label : Heel to Ear Measurement;
NCIt definition : Useful in assessing neonatal neuromuscular development, this is obtained when the
infant is placed in a supine position and the infant's feet are grasped pulled toward
the ipsilateral ears. The examiner measures the angle made by the arc from the table
to the infant's heels; increased angle for age suggests hypotonia, and decreased angle
for age suggests hypertonia.;
Alternative definition : NICHD: A test of neuromuscular maturity, which measures knee extensibility and resistance
to extensor stretching, used during the clinical assessment of gestational age and
muscle tone during the first five days of life.;
Origin ID : C89513;
UMLS CUI : C2982891;
Semantic type(s)
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