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 ...

The most familiar reflex is straightening your knee when a healthcare provider taps on the tendon below your kneecap with a reflex hammer. A stimulus (the hammer) causes a signal to be sent via a ...

In patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), pain and dysfunction cause a reflex inhibition on the quadriceps femoral muscle, and quadriceps weakness could accelerate damage to knee cartilage.

The direct synapse with alpha motor neurons and the absence of interneurons is why this reflex is known as "monosynaptic"; there is only one synapse. - Example: The patellar reflex (knee-jerk ...

Although it is well appreciated that the Lachmann test is the most sensitive clinical sign for detecting ACL rupture, this sensitivity may be reduced in the presence of a locked knee.1 The anterior ...