Landau reflex

{{Short description|Reflex seen in infants}}

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Landau reflex or Landau reaction refers to a reflex seen in infants when held horizontally in the air in the prone position.{{cite journal|last1=Mitchell|first1=Ross G.|title=The Landau Reaction (Reflex)|year=2008|journal=Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology|volume=4|pages=65–70|doi=10.1111/j.1469-8749.1962.tb03099.x|pmid=14474644|s2cid=6935022}} It emerges 3 months after birth and lasts until up to 12 months to 24 months of age.{{cite web|title=Landau reflex|url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Landau+reflex|publisher=TheFreeDictionary|accessdate=6 July 2013}} A normal response of infants when held in a horizontal prone position is to maintain a convex arc with the head raised and the legs slightly flexed. It is poor in those with floppy infant syndrome and exaggerated in hypertonic and opisthotonic infants.{{cite web|title=Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. (2009) |url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Landau+reflex|accessdate=11 January 2017}}