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[The cutaneous extensor plantar reflex (Babinski, 1896/1898)]
R Oliveira-Souza1, W M de Figueiredo
1Serviço de Clínica Médica C, Hospital Universitário Gaffrée e Guinle, Universidade do Rio de Janeiro (HUGG-UNI-RIO), Brasil.
Abstract:
The extensor plantar reflex was described by Babinski in 1896. Given the obvious relevance of the sign for internal medicine as well as the paucity of translations of the original sources into Portuguese, we thought it timely to recall the ingenious arguments Babinski used to demonstrate his views on the "toe phenomenon", as he would call it. A careful analysis of Babinski's writings suggests, further, that he was driven by keen intuition as well as by medico-legal interests.
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