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    reflex causes a downward response of the hallux (flexion). An upward response (extension) of the hallux is known as the Babinski response or Babinski...
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    infection control. It is the reflex hammer of choice of the UK neurologist. The Babinski reflex hammer was designed by Joseph Babiński in 1912 and is similar...
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  • affects their legs retaining the Babinski reflex but having normal speech); for those individuals with hemiplegia, the reflex may be seen in the foot on the...
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    description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage. Born in Paris, Babinski was the son of a Polish...
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  • the upper limb equivalent of the Babinski sign test. Hoffmann's reflex is often erroneously confused with Babinski's. However the two reflexes are quite...
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    Babinski–Nageotte syndrome is an alternating brainstem syndrome. It occurs when there is damage to the dorsolateral or posterior lateral medulla oblongata...
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  • on that side will straighten and the contralateral arm will bend. Babinski reflex — in infants up to one year of age, and also in older individuals with...
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    twitching), upper motor neuron findings (e.g. brisk reflexes, Babinski reflex, Hoffman's reflex, increased muscle tone), or both. Motor neuron diseases are...
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    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...
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    Botticelli's Madonna may be the earliest known depiction of the neurological Babinski reflex. Botticelli is also known for his contributions to the Sistine Chapel...
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    PMID 30907815. Wartenberg, Robert (June 1951). "Babinski Reflex and Marie-foix Flexor Withdrawal Reflex: Historical Notes". AMA Archives of Neurology &...
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    was extensively abused as a child, and mistakenly assumed Bonin's Babinski reflex and other symptoms were indicative of brain damage that influenced...
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  • positive if the great toe dorsiflexes (goes up) following the stimulus: Babinski reflex: The plantar aspect of the foot is gently stimulated in a line starting...
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  • structural or demyelinating lesions may be done as well. Hoffman's sign and Babinski reflex may be present and indicative of upper motor neuron damage.[citation...
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  • Throckmorton's reflex at Who Named It? Video demonstration v t e "Throckmorton's Reflex on Physical Exam - Babinski Equivalent Throckmorton's". 28 February 2021....
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  • elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses. The sign takes...
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    the foot. The presence of the Babinski sign is an abnormal response in adulthood. Normally, during the plantar reflex, it causes plantar flexion and...
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  • number of Babinski-like responses. The sign is named after Grigory Ivanovich Rossolimo. Kumar SP, Ramasubramanian D (December 2000). "The Babinski sign--a...
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  • toes, and is part of the extensor plantar response (Babinski's sign). The sign is named after Édouard Brissaud. Brissaud's reflex at Who Named It? v t e...
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    internationally renowned meteorologist. Joseph Babinski: neurologist, discoverer of the Babinski reflex. Stefan Banach: considered one of the world's most...
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  • elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses. The sign is...
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  • Joseph Babinski, neurologist, discoverer of the Babinski reflex Gabriela Balicka-Iwanowska, botanist Edmund Biernacki, physician, discoverer of erythrocyte...
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  • elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses. It is named...
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  • upper motor neuron lesion of the lower limbs. It is one of a number of Babinski-like responses.[citation needed] This sign is named after Paul Robert Bing...
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    Babinski's sign, later publishing a translation of Babinski's work. Chaddock introduced his eponymous reflex in 1911, calling it the External Malleolar sign...
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  • elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses. Kumar SP, Ramasubramanian...
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  • elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses. It is named...
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    myelopathy. Other abnormal reflexes such as Hoffmann's reflex, upward response of plantar reflex (Babinski response), and Wartenberg's sign (abnormal abduction...
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  • causes an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses. The sign is...
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  • elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses. The sign is...
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