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Definition of Plantar reflex
1. Noun. Flexion of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front in persons over the age of 2 years; under 2 years the results should be extension of the toes (Babinski reflex).
Medical Definition of Plantar reflex
1. The response to tactile stimulation of the ball of the foot, normally plantar flexion of the toes; the pathologic response is Babinski's sign. Synonym: sole reflex. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plantar Reflex
Literary usage of Plantar reflex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"In the present contribution the investigation of the crossed plantar reflex was
conducted along the following lines: The test was made with Babinski's, ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(a) The plantar reflex The abnormal responses in the domain of this reflex are
of the greatest help in differential diagnosis. In lesion of the pyramidal ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1908)
"Thus the reflexo- genous zone of the abnormal plantar reflex is more extensive than
... The form of the extensor plantar reflex varies in different cases; ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"He believes that there is a distinct relation between the gait and the plantar
reflex, that is to say, they are typical or atypical together. ..."
5. Clinical methods by Robert Hutchison (1904)
"plantar reflex. normal flexor response." spoken of as Ua 1>in ski's sign, or
the " extensor response," the re- flex closely resembles that obtained in ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"The conclusions of the few observers that have studied the plantar reflex in
infancy are somewhat at variance. Babinski found that in the new-born ..."
7. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1904)
"cortical centre is thrown out of action, as in natural sleep, this cortical
plantar reflex may be absent, and the stimulus may pass by collaterals directly ..."
8. Review of Neurology and Psychiatry (1904)
"IT was in 1896 that the abnormal type of plantar reflex was first described by
... The statement of Babinski that in adults an abnormal plantar reflex ..."
9. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"In the present contribution the investigation of the crossed plantar reflex was
conducted along the following lines: The test was made with Babinski's, ..."
10. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(a) The plantar reflex The abnormal responses in the domain of this reflex are
of the greatest help in differential diagnosis. In lesion of the pyramidal ..."
11. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1908)
"Thus the reflexo- genous zone of the abnormal plantar reflex is more extensive than
... The form of the extensor plantar reflex varies in different cases; ..."
12. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"He believes that there is a distinct relation between the gait and the plantar
reflex, that is to say, they are typical or atypical together. ..."
13. Clinical methods by Robert Hutchison (1904)
"plantar reflex. normal flexor response." spoken of as Ua 1>in ski's sign, or
the " extensor response," the re- flex closely resembles that obtained in ..."
14. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"The conclusions of the few observers that have studied the plantar reflex in
infancy are somewhat at variance. Babinski found that in the new-born ..."
15. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1904)
"cortical centre is thrown out of action, as in natural sleep, this cortical
plantar reflex may be absent, and the stimulus may pass by collaterals directly ..."
16. Review of Neurology and Psychiatry (1904)
"IT was in 1896 that the abnormal type of plantar reflex was first described by
... The statement of Babinski that in adults an abnormal plantar reflex ..."
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