Name the different techniques to elicit the extensor plantar response
Babinski: Stimulate the lateral plantar surface of the foot with a blunt point, going from the heel forward, medially crossing the metatarsal pad to the big toe.
Chaddock: Stimulate the lateral aspect of the foot from the heel forward to the small toe.
Oppenheim: Apply pressure with your thumb and index finger to the anterior surface of the tibia
downward toward the ankle.
Gordon: Apply deep pressure to the calf muscles.
Strumpell: Apply strong pressure on the anterior tibia.
Moniz: Forceful plantar flexion of the ankle
Gonda-Allen: Downward snapping the distal phalanx of the second or fourth toe (Hoffman-like)
The first four are the most used, with decreasing effectiveness from Babinski to Gordon.
Babinski: Stimulate the lateral plantar surface of the foot with a blunt point, going from the heel forward, medially crossing the metatarsal pad to the big toe.
Chaddock: Stimulate the lateral aspect of the foot from the heel forward to the small toe.
Oppenheim: Apply pressure with your thumb and index finger to the anterior surface of the tibia
downward toward the ankle.
Gordon: Apply deep pressure to the calf muscles.
Strumpell: Apply strong pressure on the anterior tibia.
Moniz: Forceful plantar flexion of the ankle
Gonda-Allen: Downward snapping the distal phalanx of the second or fourth toe (Hoffman-like)
The first four are the most used, with decreasing effectiveness from Babinski to Gordon.