English translation of "ROTs vifs" - "brisk"

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7 months ago

Rosa (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	ROTs vifs
Context:	On a medical report: Syndrome tétrapyramidal avec Hoffman bilatéral; ROT vifs aux quatre membres prédominants aux MI ou ils sont diffusés et polycinétiques. OK, I understand that ROTs = Réflexes ostéo-tendineux I don't know what "vifs" means, I'm thinking "brisk"? Unsure.

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7 months ago

Ffion Marianne wrote:

Abrupt or brisk

My comment:

Thisi is the true answer here

7 months ago

CMD wrote:

brisk osteotendinous reflexes = brisk deep tendon reflexes

My comment:

les réflexes ostéo-tendineux
=> deep tendon reflexes / osteotendinous reflexes

NB: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/640C9B2069B8BE416A2F810D8374E61F/S0317167100015985a.pdf/motion-analysis-of-normal-patellar-tendon-reflex.pdf

cf https://en.accesformation.fr/post/how-to-test-osteo-tendin-reflexes-practical-guide;
cf https://www.accesformation.fr/post/reflexes-osteo-tendineux

tendon reflex
cf https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/tendon-reflex

brisk reflexes
cf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/382164

acc.to deep tendon reflex scale : 3+ brisk
cf https://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.edu/the25/tendon.html