THE PLANTAR REFLEX - RePub

Other signs
Associated dorsiflexion of the great toe on ipsilateral or contralateral
hip flexion against resistance was relatively rare, and occurred on the side
of the Babinski sign as well as on the control side (see table XVI). Mirror
movements of the toes on the control side were a more reliable sign of
contralateral motor impairment, but this was never found in the absence of
contralateral weakness.
Reduced abdominal reflexes, represented much higher in the spinal
cord, were present in 42% (the reverse occurred in two patients). Reliable
though this finding is as an index of disease, the high absence rate of the
reflex on both sides (26%) makes it difficult to estimate correlations.
Wasting was rare (10%); in two instances it was found in syndromes
known to be associated with 'supranuclear atrophy' (Mills' syndrome and
infantile hemiplegia).
2. PYRAMIDAL SIGNS WITHOUT BABINSKI RESPONSE
Six patients lacked a Babinski response while other pyramidal srgns
were present. Two developed it at a later stage and will be discussed later.
The other four are represented in table XX. None of them showed
paralysis of the el