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The knee-jerk or 'patellar jerk' reflex occurs when the knee is tapped below the knee-cap (patella). Sensors that detect stretching of the tendon of this area send ...

You might have experienced the popular knee jerk in the doctors room or you may have heard of someone having an automatic 'knee-jerk response' to a situation without thinking. Strange, isn't it? Well, ...

Background Functional limitations exist postmeniscectomy, but preoperative data are scarce. Purpose To examine knee function, knee muscle strength and performance in middle-aged patients with ...

The knee jerk reflex can be tested by tapping just below the knee causing the lower leg to suddenly jerk forward. You are working the patella tendon. This is the tendon that runs down from the ...

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Norwegian research centre for Active Rehabilitation (NAR), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 2 Department of Rehabilitation, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet ...