Babinski sign
Evidence-based neurology checklist on babinski sign: Procedure for testing Warn the patient that the foot will be scratched Examine the foot when the muscles are completely relaxed Keep the knee slightly flexed Keep the hip in slight external rotation Stimulate the lateral planter surface and…
Procedure for testing
- Warn the patient that the foot will be scratched
- Examine the foot when the muscles are completely relaxed
- Keep the knee slightly flexed
- Keep the hip in slight external rotation
- Stimulate the lateral planter surface and plantar arch
Features
Involved muscles
Implications
Causes of Babinski sign with absent ankle jerks
Alternate signs
References
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- Rehman HU. Babinski sign. Neurologist 2002; 8:316-318.
- Kumar SP, Ramasubramanian D. The Babinski sign-a reappraisal. Neurol India 2000; 48:314-318.
- Bhidayasiri R, Waters MF, Giza CC. Neurological differential diagnosis. A prioritized approach. Blackwell publishing Massachusetts 2005 p70.
- Tacik P, Krasnianski M, Zierz S. Puusepp's sign-clinical significance of a forgotten pyramidal sign. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2009; 111:919-921.
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