Schaeffer's sign

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Schaeffer's sign is a clinical sign in which squeezing the Achilles tendon elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses.[1]

The sign takes its name from the German neurologist Max Schaeffer (1852-1923).

References

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External links

Schäffer's reflex at Who Named It?


ja:シェーファー反射 ru:Рефлекс Шефера
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