Babinski's hand sign: many have tried….

Recognizing the semiologic importance of the second, and most famous, sign described by Joseph Babinski - the extension of the hallux after stimulation of the plantar region in order to differentiate organic from pithiatic paralysis- several authors have tried to find a comparable signal in the hand. After 122 years, no one has succeeded.

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