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Babinski's sign in a healthy newborn. The Babinski sign can indicate upper motor neuron lesion constituting damage to the corticospinal tract.Occasionally, a pathological plantar reflex is the first and only indication of a serious disease process and a clearly abnormal plantar reflex often prompts detailed neurological investigations, including CT scanning of the brain or MRI of the spine, as ...
The Babinski sign – a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4): 314–18. sudden abduction and release of little toe causes extensor plantar response Stroop test: John Ridley Stroop: neuropsychology: various, including ADHD and schizophrenia: reaction times for incongruent stimuli (e.g., word red printed in blue) Strümpell's sign: Adolph Strümpell ...
Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Polish: Józef Julian Franciszek Feliks Babiński; 17 November 1857 – 29 October 1932) was a French-Polish professor of neurology. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage.
In Babinski's sign, there is dorsiflexion of the big toe and abduction of the other toes. Physiologically, it is normally present in infants from birth to 12 months. The presence of the Babinski sign after 12 months is the sign of a non-specific upper motor neuron lesion. Increased deep tendon reflex (DTR) Pronator drift [3]
Pyramidal signs indicate that the pyramidal tract is affected at some point in its course. Pyramidal tract dysfunction can lead to various clinical presentations such as spasticity , weakness , slowing of rapid alternating movements, hyperreflexia , and a positive Babinski sign .
A positive Babinski sign is considered a pathological sign of upper motor neuron disease except for infants, in whom it is normal, [7] whereas a positive Hoffmann's sign can be present in an entirely normal patient. A positive Hoffmann's sign in the normal patients is more commonly found in those who are naturally hyper-reflexive (e.g. 3 ...
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Gordon's sign is a clinical sign in which squeezing the calf muscle elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions , and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses .