Medicine:Chaddock reflex
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| Demonstration of the chaddock reflex in an early publication by Charles G. Chaddock | |
| Differential diagnosis | corticospinal tract damage |
The Chaddock reflex is a diagnostic reflex similar to the Babinski reflex. Chaddock's sign is present when stroking of the lateral malleolus causes extension of the great toe, indicating damage to the corticospinal tract.[1]
It was identified by Charles Gilbert Chaddock in 1911.[2]
References
- ↑ "Thefreedictionary". http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Chaddock+reflex. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ↑ Goetz CG (2002). "History of the extensor plantar response: Babinski and Chaddock signs". Seminars in Neurology 22 (4): 391–8. doi:10.1055/s-2002-36761. PMID 12539060. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/447785_3.
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