Erb and Westphal: Simultaneous Discovery of the Deep Tendon Reflexes

2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elan D. Louis
Keyword(s):  
Simultaneous Discovery ◽  
Tendon Reflexes

Plantar Tendon Reflexes. (Bull. Neur. Inst. N.Y., vol. ii, p. 312, July, 1932.) Weingrow, S. M.

1933 ◽  
Vol 79 (327) ◽  
pp. 777-777
Author(s):  
J. L. Faull
Keyword(s):  
Tendon Reflexes

scholarly journals An Obscure Case of Athetosis, with Abolition of Tendon Reflexes.

1913 ◽  
Vol 6 (Neurol_Sect) ◽  
pp. 60-60
Author(s):  
E. Farquhar Buzzard
Keyword(s):  
Tendon Reflexes

TENDON REFLEX AND STRATEGIES FOR QUANTIFICATION, WITH NOVEL METHODS INCORPORATING WIRELESS ACCELEROMETER REFLEX QUANTIFICATION DEVICES, A PERSPECTIVE REVIEW

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 471-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT LEMOYNE ◽  
TIMOTHY MASTROIANNI ◽  
CRISTIAN COROIAN ◽  
WARREN GRUNDFEST
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Patellar Tendon ◽  
Neurological Examination ◽  
Deep Tendon Reflex ◽  
Reflex Response ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Tendon Reflex ◽  
Reflex System ◽  
Wireless Accelerometer ◽  
Tendon Reflexes

The deep tendon reflex is a fundamental aspect of a neurological examination. The two major parameters of the tendon reflex are response and latency, which are presently evaluated qualitatively during a neurological examination. The reflex loop is capable of providing insight into the status and therapy response of both upper and lower motor neuron syndromes. Attempts have been made to ascertain reflex response and latency; however, these systems are relatively complex, resource intensive, with issues of consistent and reliable accuracy. The solution presented is a wireless quantified reflex device using tandem three-dimensional (3D) wireless accelerometers to obtain response based on acceleration waveform amplitude and latency derived from temporal acceleration waveform disparity. Three specific aims have been established for the proposed wireless quantified reflex device: (1) Demonstrate the wireless quantified reflex device is reliably capable of ascertaining quantified reflex response and latency using a quantified input. (2) Evaluate the precision of the device using an artificial reflex system. (3) Conduct a longitudinal study respective of subjects with healthy patellar tendon reflexes, using the wireless quantified reflex evaluation device to obtain quantified reflex response and latency. Aim 1 has led to a steady evolution of the wireless quantified reflex device from a singular 2D wireless accelerometer capable of measuring reflex response to a tandem 3D wireless accelerometer capable of reliably measuring reflex response and latency. The hypothesis for aim 1 is that a reflex quantification device can be established for reliably measuring reflex response and latency for the patellar tendon reflex, comprised of an integrated system of wireless 3D MEMS accelerometers. Aim 2 further emphasized the reliability of the wireless quantified reflex device by evaluating an artificial reflex system. The hypothesis for aim 2 is that the wireless quantified reflex device can obtain reliable reflex parameters (response and latency) from an artificial reflex device. Aim 3 synthesizes the findings relevant to aim 1 and 2, while applying the wireless accelerometer reflex quantification device to a longitudinal study of healthy patellar tendon reflexes. The hypothesis for aim 3 is that during a longitudinal evaluation of the deep tendon reflex the parameters for reflex response and latency can be measured with a considerable degree of accuracy, reliability, and reproducibility. Enclosed is a detailed description of a wireless quantified reflex device with research findings and potential utility of the system, inclusive of a comprehensive description of tendon reflexes, prior reflex quantification systems, and correlated applications.

Technique for facilitating tendon reflexes in children

1980 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Varcasia
Keyword(s):  
Tendon Reflexes

scholarly journals Mayo and NINDS scales for assessment of tendon reflexes: between observer agreement and implications for communication

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Manschot ◽  
L van Passel ◽  
E Buskens ◽  
A Algra ◽  
J van Gijn
Keyword(s):  
Observer Agreement ◽  
Tendon Reflexes

scholarly journals Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in early onset cerebellar ataxia with retained tendon reflexes.

1990 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 667-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Filla ◽  
G De Michele ◽  
F Cavalcanti ◽  
A Perretti ◽  
L Santoro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebellar Ataxia ◽  
Genetic Heterogeneity ◽  
Early Onset ◽  
Tendon Reflexes

scholarly journals I. On some circumstances under which the normal state of the knee jerk is altered

1893 ◽  
Vol 53 (321-325) ◽  
pp. 430-458 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Normal State ◽  
Operative Procedures ◽  
Knee Jerk ◽  
Tendon Reflexes

For the inception of the following work, which it is hoped will add some further facts to our knowledge of the most important of the “deep reflexes,” the knee jerk, I am greatly indebted to the very kind suggestions of Dr. Hughlings-Jackson. To him I owe my best thanks for proposing the question of the influence of the asphyxial state on the knee phenomenon, as a subject likely to be fruitful. The adoption of his early advice led to the investigation of many other points of noteworthy interest. I am also much obliged to Professor Horsley for suggestions, especially with regard to control experiments and operative procedures. Since Brown- Séquard described the condition expressed by him under the term spinal epilepsy, the so-called deep or tendon reflexes have attracted considerable attention, and have been the object of numerous investigations.

scholarly journals Acute Flaccid Paralysis due to Japanese Encephalitis: A Case Report

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-48
Author(s):  
S Monira Hussain ◽  
ARM Saifuddin Ekram ◽  
M Jahangir Hossain ◽  
MAK Azad ◽  
AB Siddiqui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Encephalitis ◽  
Muscle Wasting ◽  
Acute Flaccid Paralysis ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Immunosorbant Assay ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Pupillary Light ◽  
Virus Specific Antibody ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant Assay ◽  
Tendon Reflexes

An eleven-year-old boy came to Department of Paediatrics of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital with fever and unconsciousness. His pupillary light reflexes were bilaterally sluggish, all the deep tendon reflexes were diminished, and planter reflexes were bilaterally flexor. His left leg become paralyzed on 13th day and by 15th day all his limbs became paralyzed. Besides these, the patient had gross muscle wasting but his deep tendon reflexes were diminished. The patient was proved to have Japanese encephalitis infection by a four-fold rise in virus-specific antibody detected in paired acute and convalescent sera by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay.   doi: 10.3329/taj.v18i1.3304 TAJ 2005; 18(1): 47-48

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