Buzzard's Method
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Buzzard's method is a technique for eliciting the knee-jerk reflex. The patient sits on a chair with the toes of the leg being tested resting on the floor and the heel slightly raised, while the knee is bent at an angle.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
BUZZARD'S METHOD (Buzzard), for eliciting the knee-jerk reflex: the patient, sitting on a chair, rests the toes of the leg being examined on the floor, slightly raising the heel (as if "on tiptoes"); the leg is bent at the knee, but not to a right angle. When the patellar tendon is struck with a reflex hammer, the knee-jerk reflex is elicited quite easily.
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“Buzzard's Method.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/buzzards-method/