Bing's sign
Encyclopedia
Bing's sign or Bing's reflex is a clinical sign
in which pricking the dorsum of the foot or toe with a pin causes extension of the great toe. It is seen in patients with pyramidal tract lesions
of the lower limbs.
This sign is named after Paul Robert Bing
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Medical sign
A medical sign is an objective indication of some medical fact or characteristic that may be detected by a physician during a physical examination of a patient....
in which pricking the dorsum of the foot or toe with a pin causes extension of the great toe. It is seen in patients with pyramidal tract lesions
Upper motor neurone lesion
An upper motor neuron lesion is a lesion of the neural pathway above the anterior horn cell or motor nuclei of the cranial nerves. This is in contrast to a lower motor neuron lesion, which affects nerve fibers traveling from the anterior horn of the spinal cord to the relevant muscle.Upper motor...
of the lower limbs.
This sign is named after Paul Robert Bing
Paul Robert Bing
Paul Robert Bing was a Swiss neurologist remembered for Bing's sign.- Biography :Robert Bing was born in Strasbourg, France in 1878. He studied medicine at the University of Basel until 1902, and also trained in Frankfurt am Main, Paris, London and Berlin...
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