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The Babinski reflex.
The plantar response is a reflex that involves not only the toes, but all muscles that shorten the leg. In the newborn the synergy is brisk, involving all flexor muscles of the leg; these include the toe 'extensors', which also shorten the leg on contraction and therefore are flexors in a physiological sense. As the nervous system matures and the pyramidal tract gains more control over spinal m...
متن کاملConsistency of the Babinski reflex and its variants.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Babinski Reflex, first described in 1896, is still an integral part of the neurological examination. Many have studied the consistency of this reflex, but none have compared the inter- and intra-observer consistency of the Babinski reflex and its variants. METHODS Thirty-four subjects were examined by six neurologists. The Babinski, Gordon, Chaddock, and Oppenheim r...
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Acquired acute demyelinating peripheral polyneuropathy (AADP) is a general classification of pathologies that could affect secondary the peripheral nervous system. They are characterized by an autoimmune process directed towards myelin. Clinically they are characterized by progressive weakness and mild sensory changes. Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy often is referred to as Guil...
متن کاملThe Babinski sign.
Joseph Babinski (1857-1932), a French neurologist of Polish descent, was the first person to describe extension of the big toe following stimulation of the sole of the foot on 22 February 1896 (Babinski, 1896). He referred to the sign as 'phénomène des orteils' (toes phenomenon) but it is now usually referred to eponymously as the 'Babinski sign' or descriptively as the extensor plantar response.
متن کاملThe Babinski sign.
Babinski's life and the story of the Babinski sign are summarised. The physiological basis of the sign is discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
سال: 1901
ISSN: 0022-3018
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-190104000-00002