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Oppenheims Sign

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Oppenheims Sign

Illustration of Babinski Sign, Chaddock Sign and Oppenheims Sign[1]
  • Oppenheims Sign
  • Oppenheim's Sign
  • Oppenheims Reflex
  • Oppenheim Test
  • Oppenheim Sign
  • Oppenheim Reflex
  • Oppenheim’s Test
  • Tibial Crest Reflex

Purpose

  • Evaluate for the presence of an upper motor neuron lesion
  • Named after Dr Hermann Oppenheim[2]
  • One of the many babinski-like reflexes

Description

  • The patient is supine
  • The examiner firmly strokes the anterior tibia from just below the patella to the foot
  • Normal reflex
    • Downgoing great toe
  • Abnormal reflex
    • Upgoing great toe

Pathology

  • Upper Motor Neuro Lesion

Evidence

  • Unknown

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Suri, Vinit. Clinical Neurological Examination and Localization. Springer, 2024.
  2. ↑ H. Oppenheim. Zur Pathologie der Hautreflexe der unteren Extremitäten. Monatsschrift für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, 1902, 12: 421-423
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John Kiel on 3 July 2025 19:55:40
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