FOR many years clinicians have noted a correlation between the level of thyroid function and the speed of tendon reflexes. As early as 1924 Chaney, at the Mayo Clinic, attempted to quantitate the ...

Within each tendon one finds a stretch receptor. The latter can be stimulated by tapping the tendon with a rubber mallet, whereupon the associated muscle contracts slightly. This simple reflex forms ...

A CORRELATION between patients' metabolic states and the characteristics of their tendon reflexes has long been noted. This was quantified by Chaney 1 and later by Lambert et al., 2 who used a ...

There are lots of things kids don’t like about doctor’s visits, with shots, blood tests and throat swabs topping the list. But one thing they love is having their knee reflexes checked. A reflex is an ...

A 55-year-old woman presented to hospital with a 2-month history of facial puffiness, constipation, hoarse voice, fatigue and cold intolerance. She had no history of illness, and she was not taking ...

You might have experienced the popular knee jerk in the doctors room or you may have heard of someone having an automatic 'knee-jerk response' to a situation without thinking. Strange, isn't it? Well, ...

Electromyographic study in complete and incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Tendon taps were delivered manually with an instrumented hammer to the tendons of the tibialis anterior and soleus muscle ...