Hypotonia is a medical word for low muscle tone. If your baby has it, they will likely feel limp in your arms, like a rag doll. That’s why it’s also called floppy infant syndrome.

Hypotonia is the medical term for low muscle tone that doctors usually diagnose in infants. The condition is less common in adults. People sometimes call it floppy muscle syndrome. Usually, even ...

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Low muscle tone – Your baby may seem floppy or weak with bad posture. Your baby may not hold their head up independently as expected, and their arms and legs may be very flexible. ...

Low muscle tone and gastroesophageal reflux disease may lead to feeding difficulties. An older study suggested that half of infants with the condition may be able to feed themselves with a spoon ...

Muscle tone, or the resistance of a muscle to stretch, ... At 40 weeks gestational age, the preterm infant is similar in muscle tone compared with the full-term infant, ...

If a baby has low muscle tone or is more sedate than expected, it can be an early sign that they may have inhaled meconium. A baby may also have respiratory distress, which can range from mild to ...

Hi Doc, Please would you let us know if low muscle tone can be caused/related to, our childs existing SVT heart condition? When she was diagnosed with bad SVT at 5 weeks we realised she was not ...