A Tendon Reflex Will Cause Which of the Following Responses
Deep Tendon Reflexes DTR Deep tendon reflexes more properly referred to as muscle stretch reflexes are an integral part of the neurological examination. The tendon reflex is a short-latency reflex while the stretch reflex is a long-latency reflex. 4 Types Of Spinal Reflexes This causes rapid brief stimulation of dynamic stretch receptors. . 2 a brisk response. 2 a brisk response. If your doctor rates your reactions 0 or 1 your muscles show little to. 0 no response. Delayed relaxation of deep tendon reflexes Woltman sign1is seen in about 75 of patients with hypothyroidism and has a positive predictive value of 92 in overtly hypothyroid patients2In unaffected patients the relaxation time for deep tendon reflexes is 240320 ms. By convention the deep tendon reflexes are graded as follows. In contrast the stretch reflex occurs after the passive stretching of the muscle spindle during posture and ambulation. Alt...
