Pathological Reflexes

Question 1

If tromner sign is present where is the lesion?

Answer 1

Also above C5 in corticospinal tract

Question 2

Rossolimo sign o ft he foot indicates a lesion where?

Answer 2

Corticospinal Tract

Question 3

Babinski sign indicates a lesion where?

Answer 3

Corticospinal Tract

Question 4

Chaddock sign indicates a lesion where?

Answer 4

Corticospinal Tract

Question 5

Oppenheim sign indicates a lesion where?

Answer 5

Corticospinal Tract

Question 6

Where is the lesion where Gordon sign is present?

Answer 6

Corticospinal Tract

Question 7

Schafer sign is present when a lesion is in what tract?

Answer 7

Corticospinal tract… I hope you have noticed a pattern by now

Question 8

What two pathological reflex signs indicate a lesion above C5 in corticospinal tract?

Answer 8

Hoffman sign
Tromner sign
The rest are not specific about segmental level but still all are in corticospinal Tract

Question 9

What sign could be elicited by a sharp forcible flick of Dr’s thumb against the patient’s middle finger?

Answer 9

Hoffman sign

Question 10

What sign could be elicited by tapping the ball of the foot or tap the tips of the toe?

Answer 10

Rossolimo sign of the foot

Question 11

What sign is elicited by stroking anterior tibial surface from superior to inferior?

Answer 11

Oppenheim sign

Question 12

What sign could be elicited by tapping the volatile surface of the middle finger?

Answer 12

Tromner sign

Question 13

What sign could be elicited by stroking the plantar foot from heel to metatarsals to big toe?

Answer 13

Babinski sign

Question 14

What sign could be elicited by stroking the lateral malleolus from heel to toe?

Answer 14

Chaddock sign

Question 15

What pathological reflex sign could be elicited by squeezing the calf?

Answer 15

Gordon sign

Question 16

What pathological reflex sign could be elicited by squeezing the Achilles’ tendon?

Answer 16

Schaefer sign

Question 17

What would be a positive response for Hoffman sign?

Answer 17

Flexion of fingers and adduction of the thumb. UMNL

Question 18

What response would indicate a positive tromner sign?

Answer 18

Flexion of fingers and adduction of the thumb. UMNL

Question 19

What response would be a positive rossolimo sign?

Answer 19

Plantar Flexion of the toes. UMNL

Question 20

What response is normal when testing babinski?

Answer 20

Plantar Flexion of the foot

Question 21

What response would be abnormal when testing babinski?

Answer 21

Dorsiflexion of great toe and flaring of the other toes. UMNL

Question 22

When testing for chaddock sign, would no motion of the toes and foot be an abnormal or normal response?

Answer 22

No movement would be normal

Question 23

What would be an abnormal response when testing for Chaddock sign?

Answer 23

Dorsiflexion of great toe and flaring of the other toes. UMNL

Question 24

No movement of the toes would be a normal response when testing for what 4 signs?

Answer 24

Chaddock
Oppenheim
Gordon
Schafer

Question 25

Dorsiflexion of great toe and flaring of other toes would be an abnormal finding for what 5 signs?

Answer 25

Babinski 
Chaddock
Oppenheim
Gordon
Schaefer

Question 26

What sign is indicated by planter Flexion of the toes? And what sign is that response considered normal?

Answer 26

Rossolimo sign of the foot is positive with plantar Flexion. UMNL

Babinski would elicit that response as normal.

Question 27

Hoffman sign indicates a lesion where?

Answer 27

Above C5 in corticospinal tract