Taber's Medical Dictionary
Chaddock reflex
(chad′ŏk)
[Charles G. Chaddock, U.S. neurologist, 1861-1936]
1. Extension of the great toe when the outer edge of the dorsum of the foot is stroked. It is present in disease of the corticospinal tract.
2. Flexion of the wrist and fanning of the fingers when the tendon of the palmaris longus muscle is pressed.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Chaddock Reflex." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738372/all/Chaddock_reflex.
Chaddock reflex. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738372/all/Chaddock_reflex. Accessed September 24, 2021.
Chaddock reflex. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738372/all/Chaddock_reflex
Chaddock Reflex [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2021 September 24]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738372/all/Chaddock_reflex.
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