Deep Tendon Reflex (DTR)
Introduction The deep tendon reflex (DTR), initially identified by Wilhelm Heinrich Erb and Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal in 1875, is crucial for assessing and identifying neurologic disorders. Assessing neurologic diseases that impact afferent nerves, spinal cord synaptic connections, motor nerves, and descending motor pathways can be facilitated by deep tendon reflexes, also known as the…