Rapid lowering of an extended leg evoked severe ipsilateral extensor stiffening, which was invariably crossed. The resultant reflex figure consisted of bilateral extension of the lower extremities ...

Sherrington's work on tone (posture), including decerebrate rigidity, the ipsilateral flexor reflex, the crossed extensor reflex and the stretch reflex (including the tendon jerk reflex), has been ...

Into this neuro-muscular complex in man enters the ‘extensor thrust’ reflex of the lower limbs, owing to which a motor-car driver, often quite unawaredly, presses the accelerator pedal hard ...