Gordon's sign

Gordon's sign
Differential diagnosis	Pyramidal tract lesions

Gordon's sign is a clinical sign in which squeezing the calf muscle elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses.

The sign is named after Alfred Gordon.

References

↑ Kumar SP, Ramasubramanian D (December 2000). "The Babinski sign--a reappraisal". Neurol India. 48 (4): 314–8. PMID 11146592. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
↑ Gordon's paradoxical flexor reflex at Whonamedit?

Signs and symptoms relating to the nervous system

Central nervous system

Head	Battle's sign Kernig's sign Macewen's sign Myerson's sign Stroop test Hirano body
Other	Intracranial pressure Cushing's triad Lhermitte's sign Charcot's neurologic triad

Peripheral nervous system

Combination	Jendrassik maneuver
Legs	Plantar reflex Chaddock reflex Oppenheim's sign Westphal's sign
Arms	Hoffmann's reflex

Other

Arms	Froment's sign carpal tunnel syndrome Tinel's sign Phalen maneuver
Legs	Gowers's sign Hoover's sign Straight leg raise Trendelenburg's sign
Torso	Beevor's sign
General	Pain stimulus

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