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Brudziński's reflex
Associated persons:
Jósef Brudziński
Description:
With the patient supine, passive flexion of one knee into the abdomen results in flexion of opposite hip and knee. Reversely, a forced stretching of a previously flexed limb caused the other to stretch out. A sign in meningitis.
Bibliography:
- J. Brudziński:
Über die kontralateralen Reflexe an den unteren Extremitäten bei Kindern.
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 1908, 8: 255-261.
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