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Strümpell's sign I
Also known as:
Strümpell’s reflex or sign
von Strümpell’s phenomenon
von Strümpell’s sign I
von Strümpell's tibialis sign
Associated persons:
Ernst Adolf Gustav Gottfried von Strümpell
Description:
Tibialis phenomenon; a symptom in lesions of the pyramidal tract. In spastic paralysis (spinal paralysis) of the leg a marked dorsal flexion of the great toe and supination of the foot is induced when the patient attempts to flex the knee on abdomen; particularly marked when done against resistance from the investigator.
Bibliography:
- E. A. G. G. von Strümpell:
Zur Kenntnis der Haut- und Sehnenreflexe bei Nervenkranken.
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde, Berlin, 1899, 15: 254-273.
According to one source, this was first described in: Neurologisches Zentralblatt, 1887, 6: 1.
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