A training regimen to adjust the body’s motor reflexes may help improve mobility for some people with incomplete spinal cord injuries, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of ...

Fig 1 The reflex arc Patients presenting with motor or sensory symptoms in the limbs should have their reflexes tested to help distinguish between a lower motor neurone lesion (due to damage in the ...

Have you ever touched something hot and quickly pulled your hand away? Or jumped when you heard a loud sound? Or felt ...

There are many types of reflexes and every healthy person has them. In fact, we're born with most of them. Protective Reflexes Reflexes protect your body from things that can harm it. For example, if ...

Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Hyporeflexia is the reduction or absence of the body's normal reflexes. It is caused by the disruptions of signals from nerve cells of the spinal cord ...

A neurological assessment is an evaluation of a person’s nervous system, which includes the brain, spinal cord, and the nerves that connect these areas to other parts of the body. A neurological ...