Brisk reflexes refer to an above-average response during a reflex test. During a reflex test, your doctor tests your deep tendon reflexes with a reflex hammer to measure your response. This test ...

Testing for Woltman’s sign involves assessing the deep tendon reflexes, mainly the Achilles reflex. The procedure is as follows: Have the individual lie down or sit with their legs dangling ...

Deep-tendon reflex: When the tendon below your kneecap is tapped in the right spot, it's briefly stretched. During the stretch, a signal is sent to the spinal cord.

A patient with a typical L4-L5 HNP may describe a deep burning pain radiating from one buttock to the lateral thigh and leg and continuing ... Patellar and ankle deep tendon reflexes are ...

Deep-tendon reflex: When the tendon below your kneecap is tapped in the right spot, it’s briefly stretched. During the stretch, a signal is sent to the spinal cord.

Areflexia means the absence of deep tendon reflexes. Tendons are the tight cords of tissue that connect muscles to bones. Typically, when you tap on a tendon, it causes the muscle to contract and ...

Deep-tendon reflexes were 1+ and symmetric at the patellae and were absent at the soleus. The plantar reflex was absent on both sides. The patient was unable to stand without assistance.

They felt the knee jerk — or "patellar-tendon" reflex — in particular could help assess nerve function. Enlarge this image Anton Wintrich introduced this percussion hammer model in 1841.

Spasticity is characterized by increased stretch reflexes, resistance to passive movement with a clasp-knife phenomena, ankle clonus, and increased deep tendon reflexes.