The knee jerk reflex can be tested by tapping just below the knee causing the lower leg to suddenly jerk forward. You are working the patella tendon. This is the tendon that runs down from the ...

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Remember how I asked you to wiggle your foot? Can you do that? I'm an orthopedic surgeon and we've just completed a total knee replacement for a patient with severe osteoarthritis of the knee.

“It was a very knee-jerk reaction. I was emotional and I was kind of — what you don’t see in that scene is I was a little frustrated at the women who are my friends but they were bringing up ...

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Rather than do something tangible about the crosschecking epidemic that has infected the league, it will instead react in a knee-jerk way and make changes without regard for the consequences.

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Research shows a knee brace may help. We rounded up some options that can help support you while you move. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common condition that can affect any of your joints. In OA ...

Renal impairment. Monitor serum magnesium levels; if repeated doses are given, test knee jerk reflexes before each dose. Have injectable calcium salt readily available to counteract magnesium ...

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Recent experimental data have not shown any substantial effects of a meniscal lesion on the reflex behaviour of the hamstrings.3 In the early stages of examining an acutely painful locked knee, limb ...

She was able to walk heel and toe without difficulty. Knee and ankle jerk reflexes also were normal bilaterally. Her right lower extremity exhibited positive straight leg testing at 45 degrees.