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Strümpell's sign III
Also known as:
von Strümpell’s phenomenon
von Strümpell’s toe phenomenon
Associated persons:
Ernst Adolf Gustav Gottfried von Strümpell
Description:
A pyramidal sign occurring in spastic syndrome. Forced hyperextension of the great toes when sick person tries to draw his spastic paralysed leg (against resistance) towards his body. Equivalent to sign I.
Bibliography:
- E. A. G. G. von Strümpell:
Zur Kenntnis der Haut- und Sehnenreflexe bei Nervenkranken.
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde, Berlin, 1899, 15: 254-273.
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