Schaeffer's sign

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Schaeffer's sign is a clinical sign in which squeezing the Achilles tendon elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses.[1]

Schaeffer's sign
Differential diagnosisPyramidal tract lesion

The sign takes its name from the German neurologist Max Schaeffer (1852–1923).[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Kumar SP, Ramasubramanian D (December 2000). "The Babinski sign--a reappraisal". Neurol India. 48 (4): 314–8. PMID 11146592. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
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