Clonus is an abnormal reflex response that produces involuntary, repetitive, and rhythmic muscle contractions when a muscle is stretched. This abnormal reflex is typically a sign of an upper motor ...

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Spasticity is characterized by increased stretch reflexes, resistance to passive movement with a clasp-knife phenomena, ankle clonus, and increased deep tendon reflexes. [9] The major movement ...

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The upper motor neuron syndrome may or may not be accompanied by the Babinski sign. The sing itself simply implies a pyramidal tract lesion and may not be associated with any of the upper motor neuron ...