NEUROMUSCULAR MATURITY SCORE

Sign Sign Score
Score -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
Posture
Square Window
Arm Recoil
Popliteal Angle
Scarf Sign
Heel To Ear
TOTAL NEUROMUSCULAR

MATURITY SCORE

PHYSICAL MATURITY SCORE

Sign Sign Score
Score -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
Skin Sticky, friable,

transparent

gelatinous, red,

translucent

smooth pink,

visible veins

superficial peeling

&\or rash, few veins

cracking, pale areas,

rare veins

parchment, deep cracking,

no vessels

leathery, cracked,

wrinkled

Lanugo none sparse abundant thinning bald areas mostly bald
Plantar Surface heel-toe

40-50mm: -1

<40mm: -2

>50 mm

no crease

faint red marks anterior transverse

anterior transverse crease only

creases ant.

2/3

creases over

entire sole

Breast imperceptable barely

perceptable

Flat areola

no bud

stippled areola

1-2 mm bud

raised areola

3-4 mm bud

full areola

5-10 mm bud

Eye / Ear lids fused

loosely: -1

tightly: -2

lids open

pinna flat

stays folded

sl. curved pinna;

soft; slow recoil

well-curved pinna;

soft but ready recoil

formed & firm

instant recoil

thick cartilage

ear stiff

TOTAL NEUROMUSCULAR

MATURITY SCORE

TOTAL

BALLARD SCORE

ESTIMATED

GESTATIONAL AGE