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A strange reflex is sometimes pathological, which means it points to an underlying condition. However, some unusual reflexes also occur fairly often in healthy people. Hyperreflexia (also referred ...
"Had we found diminished or absent deep tendon reflexes, GBS would have been more likely. As it turned out, the patient had brisk pathological knee jerks, pointing to a lesion in the brain or ...
Deep tendon reflexes were exaggerated particularly in the left arm and right leg, and pathological reflexes were also positive on the left arm and right leg. The patient also reported slight ...
Based on type of movement disorder, cerebral palsy can be classified as spastic type with intermittent increased tone and pathological reflexes, athetoid type with increased activity ...