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If you are healthy, your leg should automatically kick.
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What is the instrument used by the doctor to test knee reflex?
The instrument used by a doctor to test knee reflex is a reflex hammer. The doctor will tap the patellar tendon just below the kneecap with the reflex hammer to elicit a reflex response, which helps assess the function of the nerves and spinal cord.
What test makes use of a special hammer?
DTR testing or deep tendon reflex testing uses a reflex hammer to strike the tendon in an extremity checking for a response or the absence of a response when the muscle is stimulated by the hammer.
What is an inborn response?
In medicine, when testing the level of consciousness, the response of the pupil to light is a useful test. Another test is to press a finger nail into the 'quick' at the base of the nail. This checks the pain response. Similarly, the tap with a rubber hammer on a tendon will evoke a reflex in the muscle. And this test may show a slight ocillation of the limb - this 'Clonus' is an indicator of the goodness of the reflex.
When was Test Your Reflex created?
Test Your Reflex was created in 2004.
What is the importance of reflex reactions?
To remove oneself from the source of a danger as fast as possible; by bypassing the brain, the reflex provides a near-instantaneous response
What does no response to knee reflex test indicate?
If you have no knee jerk reflex, then there is something wrong neurologically with your spinal cord. Make sure you have absolutely NO reaction to even the hardest of pounds, not just slow reflexes.
What happens during ankle reflex?
An ankle reflex is when the Achilles tendon is tapped while the foot is stretched out. A positive outcome is when the foot jerks outward. The test is done to determine if S1 and S2[3] nerve roots are in place.
What is one of the reasons for someone to need or want a vibration test done?
A vibration test is not actually a test that is done to someone. Vibration tests are commonly performed to duplicate a real world environment or to calculate the structural response of a device.
What is the proper name for the hammer a doctor uses to test your reflex?
The proper name for the hammer a doctor uses to test your reflex is just "reflex hammer". It is a medical instrument used by physicians to test deep tendon reflexes and is an important part of a neurological physical examination.
What reflex is a doctor invoking when tapping the knee with a rubber hammer?
knee-jerk reflex,also called patellar reflex is asudden kicking movement of the lower leg in response to a sharp tap on the patellar tendon, which lies just below the kneecap. One of the several positions that a subject may take for the test is to sit with knees bent and with one leg crossed over the other so that the upper foot hangs clear of the floor. The sharp tap on the tendon slightly stretches the quadriceps, the complex of muscles at the front of the upper leg. In reaction these muscles contract, and the contraction tends to straighten the leg in a kicking motion. Exaggeration or absence of the reaction suggests that there may be damage to the central nervous system. The knee jerk can also be helpful in recognizing thyroid disease.So, basically, it's a nerve reflex, you can't control it, it's just like when you put your hand on a hot kettle it pulls away, you can't help it.
Can a person test their own knee reflex?
Yes
What is negative babinski?
there is no such thing as a negative babinski reflex, but a "negative" babinski is a physiological response to a mechanical stimulus of the foot plant. it is usually called plantar reflex or, flexor plantar response. this is a test used to determine the continuity of the corticospinal tract, and sould therefore be "negative" in healthy subjects. infants until 24 months, may show a positive babinski due to the incomplete growth of the cerebrum.
