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Oppenheim reflex

MedGen UID:
735510
•Concept ID:
C1532837
•
Finding
Synonyms: Oppenheim sign; Oppenheim's reflex; Oppenheim's sign
SNOMED CT: Oppenheim's reflex (414949005); Oppenheim's sign (414949005); Oppenheim reflex (414949005)
 
HPO: HP:0030180

Definition

Dorsiflexion of the big toe, sometimes accompanied by fanning of the other toes, elicited by stroking along the medial side of the tibia (the normal response would be no movement of the big toe). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOppenheim reflex

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Statistical control studies in neurology. X. Relationship between frequencies of reflexes in a group of 2500 non-neurologic patients: Babinski, Hoffmann. Rossolimo, Oppenheim, Gordon and absent cutaneous abdominal reflexes.
MADONICK MJ
J Nerv Ment Dis 1960 Dec;131:547-9. PMID: 13765081

Diagnosis

Ernst Trömner: beyond the reflex hammer.
Pomblum VJ, Siepmann T
Neurol Sci 2019 Jan;40(1):221-225. Epub 2018 Sep 19 doi: 10.1007/s10072-018-3571-3. PMID: 30232667

Prognosis

Hereditary juvenile-onset craniocervical predominant generalized dystonia with parkinsonism.
Mazarib A, Simon ES, Korczyn AD, Falik-Zaccai Z, Gazit E, Giladi N
Isr Med Assoc J 2000 Jul;2(7):529-31. PMID: 10979329

Clinical prediction guides

Consistency of the Babinski reflex and its variants.
Singerman J, Lee L
Eur J Neurol 2008 Sep;15(9):960-4. Epub 2008 Jul 10 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02219.x. PMID: 18637037

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