Medicine:Throckmorton's reflex
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| Differential diagnosis | pyramidal tract lesions |
Throckmorton's reflex is a clinical sign in which pressure over the dorsal side of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe elicits a plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses.[1]
The sign is named after Tom Bentley Throckmorton.[2]
References
- ↑ Kumar SP; Ramasubramanian D (December 2000). "The Babinski sign--a reappraisal". Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. PMID 11146592. http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2000;volume=48;issue=4;spage=314;epage=8;aulast=Kumar. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ↑ T.B. Throckmorton. A new method for eliciting the extensor toe reflex. Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1911, 56: 1311.
External links
Throckmorton's reflex at Who Named It?
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