Patellar reflex is tested by placing the patient’s leg flexed at roughly 60 degrees, taking the entire weight of their leg with your arm, and hitting the patellar tendon with the tendon hammer.
Root value (L2/2L3/L4) = Knee Extension
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Patellar reflex is tested by placing the patient’s leg flexed at roughly 60 degrees, taking the entire weight of their leg with your arm, and hitting the patellar tendon with the tendon hammer.
Root value (L2/2L3/L4) = Knee Extension