Gordon's sign is a
clinical sign in which squeezing the calf muscle elicits an extensor
plantar reflex
The plantar reflex is a reflex elicited when the sole of the foot is stimulated with a blunt instrument. The reflex can take one of two forms. In healthy adults, the plantar reflex causes a downward response of the hallux ( flexion). An upward ...
. It is found in patients with
pyramidal tract lesions
A lesion is any damage or abnormal change in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by disease or trauma. ''Lesion'' is derived from the Latin "injury". Lesions may occur in plants as well as animals.
Types
There is no designated classif ...
, and is one of a number of
Babinski-like responses.
The sign is named after
Alfred Gordon Alfred Gordon (1874, Paris – 1953) was a French-born American neurologist remembered for describing Gordon's sign. He studied medicine at the University of Paris, qualifying in 1895. He worked in Paris, Bern and Munich, and emigrated to the U ...
.
References
Symptoms and signs: Nervous system
Reflexes
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