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THE PLANTAR REFLEX - RePub

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TELEOLOGICAL SPECULATIONS<br />

- science or fiction? . . . . .<br />

- the Babinski sign . . . . .<br />

- the normal plantar response<br />

CONCLUSIONS . . . . . .<br />

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CHAPTER II<br />

INTERPRETATION OF <strong>PLANTAR</strong> <strong>REFLEX</strong>ES: VARIATION<br />

AND BIAS<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

- observer error: examination or interpretation?<br />

- bias . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . .<br />

METHODS<br />

- subjects<br />

- films<br />

- accompanying information<br />

- recording of interpretations<br />

RESULTS<br />

- cover films<br />

- variation within and between observers<br />

- effects of preceding information . . .<br />

DISCUSSION<br />

- disagreement within and between observers<br />

- bias . . . . . . . . .<br />

- need for objective criteria<br />

CONCLUSIONS . . . . .<br />

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CHAPTER III<br />

BABINSKI SIGN: STIMULUS AND EFFECTOR<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

- recording the plantar reflex . . . . . .<br />

- electromyography and the Babinski sign: the extensor hallucis<br />

longus .............. .<br />

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