Healio

Lack of hyperreflexia not seen as surgical contraindication for patients with cervical myelopathy

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Certain physical signs, such as the absence of patellar tendon reflex hyperreflexia, in elderly ...
BBC Sport

Why don't you try the patella reflex test?

The knee jerk reflex can be tested by tapping just below the knee causing the lower leg to suddenly jerk forward. You are working the patella tendon. This is the tendon that runs down from the ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

A Case of Spinal Ataxia without Loss of Sensation and with Increased Patellar-Tendon Reflex; A Contribution to the Study of Spinal Ataxy

Reported to the Section for Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Hygiene of the Suffolk District Medical Society, June 9, 1885.
KQED

Digital Schmigital: After 130 Years, Reflex Hammer Still Going Strong

Receiving a diagnosis in 2017 — at least one made at a medical center outfitted with the latest clinical gadgetry — might include a scan that divides your body into a bread loaf of high-resolution ...
NPR

In The Age Of Digital Medicine, The Humble Reflex Hammer Hangs On

Receiving a diagnosis in 2017 — at least one made at a medical center outfitted with the latest clinical gadgetry — might include a scan that divides your body into a bread loaf of high-resolution ...