TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Carretero-Domínguez, Sonia
AU  -  Suárez, Francisco
T1  -  Sexual dimorphism in tendon reflexes and nerve conduction velocity: a systematic review
PY  -  2022
Y1  -  2022-01-01
DO  -  10.1723/3769.37565
JO  -  The Italian Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine
JA  -  Ital J Gender-Specific Med
VL  -  8
IS  -  1
SP  -  44
EP  -  49
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2612-3487
Y2  -  2026/04/15
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1723/3769.37565
N2  -  Summary. Spinal reflexes are the pillars of the motor system’s organization. The assessment of the spinal cord reflexes is an exploratory routine in neurological and clinical practice, providing valuable, real-time information about the state of our nervous system, in health as well as in illness. The influence of sex in some neurological diseases is largely recognized. Nevertheless, we noted a shortage of clinical or research studies recording the differences in spinal cord reflexes. Thus, we reviewed the existing sex-disaggregated data literature on spinal cord reflexes. Based on the studies reporting sex-disaggregated data, we can conclude that there is a sex dimorphism in the knee jerk reflex, since there is a shorter reflex latency in females than in males.
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