c Signs
Posture Wrist arms Wrist bent Elbows hips Elbows hips Elbows and NA
hips and and legs and legs bent and legs legs drawn
legs straight slightly bent but do not bent to 90° close to body
reach 90°
Heel to ear Leg straight Leg straight Knee slightly Knee Knee bent to NA
toes reach toes reach bent heel bent heel 90° heel
ear chin reaches 140° reaches 120° reaches 90°
from prone from prone from prone
Scarf sign Elbow to Elbow to Elbow to Elbow to NA NA
opposite opposite midline axillary line
axillary line midclavicula
r line
Ventral Head droops Head Heads raised Head in line Head raised NA
suspension down and slightly but not to body with body above body
back greatly raised and axis back axis back axis back
arched arms back less slightly curved straight straight
& legs curved
straight
External 0 1 2 3 4
Signs
Edema Obvious No obvious No edema NA NA
edema of edema of
hands and hands and
feet pitting feet pitting
over tibia over tibia
Skin texture Very thin Thin and Smooth Slight Thick &
gelatinous smooth medium thickening parchment
thickness; rash superficial like
or superficial crack-ing & superficial or
peeling peeling deep cracking
especially
hands and feet
Skin color Dark red Uniformly Pale pink; Pale; only pink NA
pink variable over over ears, lips,
body palms or soles
Skin opacity Numerous Veins & A few large A few large No blood
veins & tibutaries vessels seen vessels seen vessels seen
venules seen seen over the indistinctly
especially abdomen over the
over abdomen
abdomen
Lanugo None Abundant; Hair thinning Small amount At least half
long & thick especially over of lanugo & of back
over whole lower back bald areas devoid of
back lanugo
Plantar No skin Faint red Definite red Indentations Definite deep
creases creases marks over marks over > over more than indentations
anterior half anterior 1/3; anterior 1/3 over more
of sole indentations than anterior
over < anterior 1/3
1/3
Nipple Nipple Nipple well- Areola stippled Areola stippled NA
formation barely defined are- edge not raised edge raised
visible no ola smooth diameter < diameter < 0.75
areola & flat 0.75 cm cm
diameter <
0.75 cm
Breast size No breast Breast tissue Breast tissue Breast tissue on NA
tissue on one or on both sides 1 both sides 1 or
palpable both sides < or both 0.5 - both > 1.0 cm
0.5 cm 1.0 cm
diameter