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Abnormal superficial reflex

MedGen UID:: 1632139
•Concept ID:: C4703560
•: Sign or Symptom

HPO:	HP:0031828

Definition

An anomaly of a reflex that is elicited as a motor response to scraping of the skin. They are generally graded as present or absent. They differ from tendon reflexes in that the sensory signal must ascend the spinal cord to reach the brain and then descend the spinal cord to reach the motor neurons. [from HPO]

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CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVAbnormal superficial reflex

Fetal anomaly
- Congenital Systemic Disorder
  - Abnormality of the nervous system
    - Abnormal nervous system physiology
      - Movement disorder
        Abnormal reflex
        Abnormal superficial reflex
        Absent abdominal reflex
        Absent cremaster reflex
        Babinski sign

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Prospective Assessment of Risk Factors Influencing Facial Nerve Paresis in Patients after Surgery for Parotid Gland Tumors.

Głuszkiewicz E, Sowa P, Zieliński M, Adamczyk-Sowa M, Misiołek M, Ścierski W
Medicina (Kaunas) 2022 Nov 25;58(12) doi: 10.3390/medicina58121726. PMID: 36556928 Free PMC Article

Improving diagnostic acumen in pupillary evaluation: a review for the primary care physician.

Multack RF, Lannin WC, Olbum JR
J Am Osteopath Assoc 1989 Jul;89(7):917-24. PMID: 2670854

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Superficial abdominal reflex in syringomyelia: Associations with Chiari I malformation.

Nadel JL, Ziats C, Mossner JM, Starr JB, Smith BW, Kelly MP, Muraszko KM, Farley FA, Maher CO, Garton HJL, Strahle JM
J Clin Neurosci 2022 Apr;98:1-5. Epub 2022 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.12.037. PMID: 35114475

MUSCLE-SPARING VERSUS STANDARD POSTEROLATERAL THORACOTOMY IN NEONATES WITH ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA.

Askarpour S, Peyvasteh M, Ashrafi A, Dehdashtian M, Malekian A, Aramesh MR
Arq Bras Cir Dig 2018;31(2):e1365. Epub 2018 Jul 2 doi: 10.1590/0102-672020180001e1365. PMID: 29972393 Free PMC Article

Incomplete Blinking May Attribute to the Development of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.

Wan T, Jin X, Lin L, Xu Y, Zhao Y
Curr Eye Res 2016;41(2):179-85. Epub 2015 Apr 2 doi: 10.3109/02713683.2015.1007211. PMID: 25835130

Ataxic vs painful form of paraneoplastic neuropathy.

Oki Y, Koike H, Iijima M, Mori K, Hattori N, Katsuno M, Nakamura T, Hirayama M, Tanaka F, Shiraishi M, Yazaki S, Nokura K, Yamamoto H, Sobue G
Neurology 2007 Aug 7;69(6):564-72. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000266668.03638.94. PMID: 17679675

Prevalence and clinical significance of superficial abdominal reflex abnormalities in idiopathic scoliosis.

Saifuddin A, Tucker S, Taylor BA, Noordeen MH, Lehovsky J
Eur Spine J 2005 Nov;14(9):849-53. Epub 2005 Mar 9 doi: 10.1007/s00586-004-0850-x. PMID: 15756608

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Diagnosis

Superficial abdominal reflex in syringomyelia: Associations with Chiari I malformation.

Role of Mechanoinsensitive Nociceptors in Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.

Nemenov MI, Singleton JR, Premkumar LS
Curr Diabetes Rev 2022;18(5):e081221198649. doi: 10.2174/1573399818666211208101555. PMID: 34879806

Ophthalmic manifestations in Rothmund-Thomson syndrome: Case report and review of literature.

Chinmayee JT, Meghana GR, Prathiba RK, Ramesh TK
Indian J Ophthalmol 2017 Oct;65(10):1025-1027. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_89_17. PMID: 29044077 Free PMC Article

Assessment and evaluation of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies with autonomic and neurophysiological examinations.

Hilz MJ
Clin Auton Res 2002 May;12 Suppl 1:I33-43. doi: 10.1007/s102860200017. PMID: 12102461

Bulbocavernosus reflex in normal men and in patients with neurogenic bladder and/or impotence.

Ertekin C, Reel F
J Neurol Sci 1976 May;28(1):1-15. doi: 10.1016/0022-510x(76)90044-7. PMID: 180261

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Therapy

Superficial abdominal reflex in syringomyelia: Associations with Chiari I malformation.

MUSCLE-SPARING VERSUS STANDARD POSTEROLATERAL THORACOTOMY IN NEONATES WITH ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA.

Askarpour S, Peyvasteh M, Ashrafi A, Dehdashtian M, Malekian A, Aramesh MR
Arq Bras Cir Dig 2018;31(2):e1365. Epub 2018 Jul 2 doi: 10.1590/0102-672020180001e1365. PMID: 29972393 Free PMC Article

Ophthalmic manifestations in Rothmund-Thomson syndrome: Case report and review of literature.

Chinmayee JT, Meghana GR, Prathiba RK, Ramesh TK
Indian J Ophthalmol 2017 Oct;65(10):1025-1027. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_89_17. PMID: 29044077 Free PMC Article

Whole-body vibration influences lower extremity circulatory and neurological function.

Games KE, Sefton JM
Scand J Med Sci Sports 2013 Aug;23(4):516-23. Epub 2011 Nov 23 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01419.x. PMID: 22107331

Ataxic vs painful form of paraneoplastic neuropathy.

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Prognosis

Spontaneous Blinking Kinematics in Patients Who Have Undergone Autogeneous Fascia Frontalis Suspension.

Baccega A, Garcia DM, Cruz AAV
Curr Eye Res 2017 Sep;42(9):1248-1253. Epub 2017 May 30 doi: 10.1080/02713683.2017.1307417. PMID: 28557646

Back to basics: ankle reflex in the evaluation of peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Shehab DK, Al-Jarallah KF, Abraham M, Mojiminiyi OA, Al-Mohamedy H, Abdella NA
QJM 2012 Apr;105(4):315-20. Epub 2011 Nov 8 doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr212. PMID: 22071964

Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of patients with idiopathic scoliosis: a prospective study of four hundred seventy-two outpatients.

Nakahara D, Yonezawa I, Kobanawa K, Sakoda J, Nojiri H, Kamano S, Okuda T, Kurosawa H
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2011 Apr 1;36(7):E482-5. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e029ed. PMID: 20479697

Bell-shaped sensory impairments of all modalities in a neurosarcoidosis patient.

Miura S, Kusumoto M, Noda K, Azuma K, Toda R, Honda S, Ayabe M, Aizawa H, Taniwaki T
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2007 Nov;109(9):794-8. Epub 2007 Jul 24 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.06.003. PMID: 17651894

Absent superficial abdominal reflexes in children with scoliosis. An early indicator of syringomyelia.

Zadeh HG, Sakka SA, Powell MP, Mehta MH
J Bone Joint Surg Br 1995 Sep;77(5):762-7. PMID: 7559706

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Clinical prediction guides

Evolution of Muscles Dysfunction From Myofascial Pain Syndrome Through Cervical Disc-Root Conflict to Degenerative Spine Disease.

Lisiński P, Huber J
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017 Feb;42(3):151-159. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001691. PMID: 27196021

Back to basics: ankle reflex in the evaluation of peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Shehab DK, Al-Jarallah KF, Abraham M, Mojiminiyi OA, Al-Mohamedy H, Abdella NA
QJM 2012 Apr;105(4):315-20. Epub 2011 Nov 8 doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr212. PMID: 22071964

Reflexes from the superficial peroneal nerve during walking in stroke subjects.

Zehr EP, Fujita K, Stein RB
J Neurophysiol 1998 Feb;79(2):848-58. doi: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.2.848. PMID: 9463446

Thermography in posttraumatic pain.

Pochaczevsky R
Am J Sports Med 1987 May-Jun;15(3):243-50. doi: 10.1177/036354658701500309. PMID: 3618874

Bulbocavernosus reflex in normal men and in patients with neurogenic bladder and/or impotence.

Ertekin C, Reel F
J Neurol Sci 1976 May;28(1):1-15. doi: 10.1016/0022-510x(76)90044-7. PMID: 180261

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