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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 ...
If You Need to Poop Right After Eating, Here’s Why
He compares it to the patellar reflex. If you tap someone below their kneecap, their thigh muscle will contract—and just as ...
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What makes me react?
Are reflexes different to reactions? Yes. An example of a reflex is when someone taps the knee (patella) tendon softly with a mallet. Your knee lurches forward and your brain has no control over its ...
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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.