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You decide to assess your client's deep tendon patellar reflex. You 'tap tap' their patellar tendon and nothin happens. You repeat it and nothing happens. You decide to do a bilateral comparison on the other knee, and still, nothing happens.
Explain why you think there is no response. Hint: Lecture handouts for 7/27/10
There must be a complete lesion within the SC at L3 (knee extensors). Damage at the lesion results in AREFLEXIA.
Reflexes, Spinal Cord, SCI; UMN; handouts.