reflex hammer

It can be tested for by using a reflex hammer.

The stethoscope, blood pressure cuff and reflex hammer in year two.

She interrupted Closterman to ask if he would please put away the reflex hammer.

Might be a bit solider than a reflex hammer.

I'd seen one before, at Versailles; the eighteenth-century version of a reflex hammer.

Starting in the late 19th century, several models of specific reflex hammers were created:

Your doctor will tap your knees and ankles with a reflex hammer.

Reflex hammers can also be used for chest percussion.

A young man in a white coat looked over from where he'd been methodically tapping at her knees with a reflex hammer.

A reflex hammer is a medical instrument used by physicians to test deep tendon reflexes.

Reflexes are usually tested using a reflex hammer.

He is also credited with popularizing the reflex hammer for use in neurological examinations.

It is the reflex hammer of choice of the UK neurologist.

The tendon below the patient's knee is then hit with a reflex hammer to elicit the patellar reflex.

Sometimes a reflex hammer may not be necessary to elicit hyperreflexia, with finger tapping over the tendon being sufficient as a stimulus.

Around her neck was her $150 stethoscope, and in her pockets a reflex hammer and penlight.

He made her go to the bathroom at his command and once used a doctor's reflex hammer to deliver a frenzied beating to her naked back.

When Closterman had gone, Dusty moved the reflex hammer and the ballpoint beyond Martie's reach.

Bellows took his reflex hammer and absently tried for deep tendon reflexes on Nancy Greenly's legs.

I sit there in my white coat, with my reflex hammer, tuning forks, small flashlight, tongue blades, pins, needles.

The Trömner reflex hammer was designed by Ernst Trömner.

Prior to the development of specialized reflex hammers, hammers specific for percussion of the chest were used to elicit reflexes.

Instead, Dr. Strakhov decides who needs emergency neurosurgery with his well-honed instincts, a reflex hammer and a vintage ultrasound machine.

Striking the patellar ligament with a reflex hammer just below the patella stretches the muscle spindle in the quadriceps muscle.

Other reflex hammer types include the Buck, Berliner and Stookey reflex hammers.