Jääskeläinen S K
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland.
Dev Med Child Neurol. 1993 Aug;35(8):708-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1993.tb11716.x.
The onset and development of the jaw-reflex responses were studied of 54 neonates and children in up to 15 years of age. Recordings were made with standard EMG equipment. The reflex response was constantly elicited in all but one child of 35 weeks postconceptional age. The latency times showed negative linear correlation with age in the neonatal group and in the children under two years of age. The anatomical basis for the jaw reflex is already established by the 31st fetal week, and the reflex is fully developed by the age of two years. Potential clinical applications of the jaw reflex to child neurology and neonatal intensive care are discussed.
对54名年龄在15岁以下的新生儿和儿童的下颌反射反应的发作和发展进行了研究。使用标准肌电图设备进行记录。除一名孕龄35周的儿童外，在所有儿童中均能持续引出反射反应。潜伏期在新生儿组和两岁以下儿童中与年龄呈负线性相关。下颌反射的解剖学基础在胎儿第31周时就已确立，该反射在两岁时完全发育成熟。讨论了下颌反射在儿童神经病学和新生儿重症监护中的潜在临床应用。
