Jendrassik maneuver
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title:
Jendrassik maneuver
text:
The Jendrassik maneuver is a medical maneuver wherein the patient clenches the teeth, flexes both sets of fingers into a hook-like form, and interlocks those sets of fingers together. The tendon below the patient's knee is then hit with a reflex hammer to elicit the patellar reflex. The elicited response is compared with the reflex result of the same action when the maneuver is not in use. Often a larger reflex response will be observed when the patient is occupied with the maneuver: "A weak or
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Medical maneuver to test reflexes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jendrassik_maneuver
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2022-11-15T16:17:07Z
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