Medicine:Schaeffer's sign
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| Differential diagnosis | Pyramidal tract lesion |
Schaeffer's sign is a clinical sign in which squeezing the Achilles tendon elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses.[1]
The sign takes its name from the German neurologist Max Schaeffer (1852-1923).[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "The Babinski sign--a reappraisal". Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. December 2000. PMID 11146592. http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2000;volume=48;issue=4;spage=314;epage=8;aulast=Kumar. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
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