Camillo Negro (1861-1927) and his method for eliciting the extensor toe sign.
Babiński sign
Camillo Negro
Clinical semiology
History of neurology
Joseph François Félix Babiński
Journal
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
ISSN: 1590-3478
Titre abrégé: Neurol Sci
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 100959175
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2022
Apr 2022
Historique:
received:
10
08
2021
accepted:
29
10
2021
pubmed:
5
11
2021
medline:
16
3
2022
entrez:
4
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The "toe phenomenon", or extensor toe sign, is characterized by the extension (dorsiflexion) of the great toe elicited by plantar stimulation, and indicates pyramidal tract dysfunction. This phenomenon was first extensively described and studied by Joseph Jules François Félix Babiński (1857-1932), who introduced it in clinical practice. In 1912, the famous Italian neurologist Camillo Negro (1861-1927) proposed a new method of eliciting the extensor toe sign by inviting the patient, lying in bed in dorsal decubitus position, to raise the paretic limb with the leg extended on the thigh. This sign appeared during voluntary effort and could not be elicited by raising the unaffected lower limb. Negro was also the first to investigate the influence of cold upon the appearance of the "toe phenomenon" and to propose the use of (faradic) electrical stimulation to evoke it.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34735651
doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05711-3
pii: 10.1007/s10072-021-05711-3
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2887-2889Informations de copyright
© 2021. Fondazione Società Italiana di Neurologia.
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