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Plantar Grasp Reflex
A little bit of neurological semiology of the newborn / infant with this super
Plantar Grasp Reflex ... The opposite is also ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #Pediatrics #Foot ... #Peds #Primitive
Plantar Grasp Reflex

The plantar grasp reflex is elicited by pressing a thumb against the sole of
Plantar Grasp Reflex ... the sole of a foot ... disappears around 9-12 ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #Peds #Primitive
Plantar Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam 
The normal response to stroking the lateral aspect of the
Plantar Reflex on ... Newborn Physical ... toes or “Babinski sign ... #clinical #video ... #peds #pediatrics
Brissaud's Sign

If the patient did not have his toes ... is there a sign that can
is also a substitute ... the homolateral foot ... (plantar skin reflex ... to the cortico-spinal ... #clinical #video
Primitive Suck, Rooting Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam 
The normal response to stroking the lateral aspect
on Newborn Physical ... surface of the foot ... toes or “Babinski sign ... #clinical #video ... #peds #pediatrics
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... • Symptoms and signs ... myelopathy - Vit B12 ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... differential #algorithm
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
flexion causes spinal ... cord movement and ... flexion occurs as ... an involuntary reflex ... PhysicalExam #Pediatrics #Peds
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Infant (Floppy Newborn ... Algorithm Central ... Strength, Normal Reflexes ... CordSpinal ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
cord. ... the differential diagnosis ... positive Babinski reflex ... big toe when the plantar ... surface of the foot
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
brainstem and multiple spinal ... cord regions of ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... Spasticity, Extensor plantar ... cervical and thoracic spine