Reflexes are automatic and involuntary actions the body produces in response to certain stimuli. While some reflexes can involve muscles and movement, others involve internal processes within the body ...
A CORRELATION between patients' metabolic states and the characteristics of their tendon reflexes has long been noted. This was quantified by Chaney 1 and later by Lambert et al., 2 who used a ...
FOR many years clinicians have noted a correlation between the level of thyroid function and the speed of tendon reflexes. As early as 1924 Chaney, at the Mayo Clinic, attempted to quantitate the ...
The lower leg lies between the knee and ankle and works with the upper leg and foot to help perform key functions. In the leg are a number of bones, muscles, tendons, nerves and blood vessels. These ...
As most sports enthusiasts know, in 2021 golf great Tiger Woods ruptured his Achilles tendon while training at home. In 2023, Aaron Rodgers, a former Green Bay Packers quarterback, did the same in the ...
A 75-year-old woman was ascending an icy staircase when she had a sudden onset of right calf and heel pain, which resulted in abrupt dorsiflexion of her plantar-flexed right foot. She presented to the ...
1 Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Sports Medicine Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 2 Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Medicine, Umeå University ...