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Grasset-Gaussel sign II

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Also called Grasset’s sign. Phenomenon of the so-called complementary opposition in unilateral pyramidal lesion: If the patient attempts to raise his paralysed leg from the ground (Unterlage), he is exercising pressure on the ground with his sound leg.

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