Persistence of primitive reflexes and associated Balance and Coordination problems among healthy preschool children

Newborn's primitive reflexes, such as TLR, STNR, and ATNR, are crucial for their development, enabling them to move against gravity and gradually transition into voluntary movement. Postural reflexes help infants adapt to their surroundings, but persistent reflexes can impair brain processing and affect the vestibular system and cerebellum which can cause balance and coordination problems in children. Purpose isTo determine the prevalence of persistent primitive reflexes and associated balance and coordination problems among healthy preschool going children. Total 236 healthy school going children between the age of 4-6 years will be recruited on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subjects will be screened by Sally Goddard 5-point rating scale to evaluate the persistence of primitive reflex. Pediatric berg balance scale and equilibrium tests will be used to assess balance and coordination. Normality will be checked using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. If the data is normally distributed it will be presented as mean ± SD, and Pearson correlation tests will be used. If data is not-normally distributed it will be presented as Median (Interquartile range) and Spearman’s correlation test will be used for analysis