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Plantar reflex

Up-going Plantar Reflex
Upper Motor Neuron Signs

Up-going Plantar Reflex

Byepsuadmin August 20, 2014June 15, 2022

To elicit this sign, the examiner strikes the patient’s sole using a blunt orange stick, starting from the heel, along the lateral border of the sole then medially to the base of the first toe. As one can see from the two videos, the patient demonstrates dorsiflexion of the big toe when testing for the…

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