Reflexes

Question 1

Achilles

Answer 1

Foot Plantarflexion

tibial

Question 2

Tromner

Answer 2

( + ) Flexion of the fingers and thumb upon tapping palmar surface or tips of middle
three fingers

( i ) UMNL (abnormal response)

Question 3

Accommodation

Answer 3

Test ability of the eyes to adapt for near vision

Instruct patient to follow object inward from a distance

Convergence of the eyes, constriction of the pupil

Question 4

Brachioradialis, bilaterally

Answer 4

Slight forearm flexion

radial

Question 5

Oppenheim’s Sign

Answer 5

Alternative to elicit Babinski’s…

Oppenheim Sign: application of pressure to anterior tibia stroking downward

Question 6

Triceps

Answer 6

Elbow Extension

radial

Question 7

Patellar

Answer 7

Knee Extension

femoral

Question 8

Plantar/Babinski

Answer 8

Dorsiflexion of the big toe and fanning/splaying of other toes upon stimulation of the plantar surface of the foot (lateral to medial) = Plantar Reflex

Alternatives:
Oppenheim sign - application of pressure to anterior tibia stroking downward

Chaddock sign - stroking down the lateral leg around the lateral malleolus

Gordon sign - squeezing the calf

Schaefer sign - squeezing the achilles tendon