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.

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 ...

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 ...

To the Editor: An interesting point concerning reflex changes in myxedema was raised by Dr. Sanders's article, "Neurologic Manifestations of Myxedema," in the March 22 issue of the Journal. "Refle ...

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.

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.

The patient has masked facies, cogwheel rigidity, brisk deep tendon reflexes, extensor plantar responses, and a shuffling gait. There is no tremor. The MRI findings on T1, ...

Delayed relaxation of deep tendon reflexes (Woltman sign)1 is seen in about 75% of patients with hypothyroidism and has a positive predictive value of 92% in overtly hypothyroid patients.2 In ...