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THE PLANTAR REFLEX - RePub

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CONTENTS<br />

GENERAL INTRODUCTION<br />

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CHAPTER I<br />

HISTORY OF <strong>THE</strong> <strong>PLANTAR</strong> <strong>REFLEX</strong> AS A CLINICAL SIGN<br />

DISCOVERY<br />

- the plantar reflex before Babinski<br />

- the toe phenomenon . . . .<br />

- Joseph Babinski and his work<br />

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ACCEPTANCE<br />

- the pyramidal syndrome before the toe reflex<br />

- confirmation . . . . . . .<br />

- a curious eponym in Holland<br />

- false positive findings?<br />

- false negative findings<br />

FLEXION AND EXTENSION SYNERGIES<br />

- the Babinski sign as part of a flexion synergy . . . . . . . 31<br />

- opposition from Babinski and others . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />

- ipsilateral limb extension with downgoing toes versus the normal<br />

plantar response . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

- crossed toe responses . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

- tonic plantar flexion of the toes in hemiplegia 37<br />

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RIVAL SIGNS<br />

- confusion . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

- different sites of excitation<br />

- stretch reflexes of the toe muscles<br />

- spontaneous or associated dorsiflexion of the great toe<br />

- effects other than in the toes after plantar stimulation<br />

<strong>THE</strong> <strong>PLANTAR</strong> RESPONSE IN INFANTS<br />

- contradictory findings<br />

- the grasp reflex of the foot . . . . . .<br />

- the flexion reflex . . . . . . . . . .<br />

- the normal plantar response and walking<br />

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