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PHENOMENE ALLONGEURS [1 record]

Record 1 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Extension of the passively flexed leg taking place when pressure is applied to the foot. Similar extension may occur if the leg paralyzed by a spinal lesion is placed in a position of flexion, and the skin in the adductor region of the thigh is pinched.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
OBS

Le terme "réflexe des allongeurs" a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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