Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO A reflex is an automatic body movement that happens involuntarily in response to a ...

Are reflexes different to reactions? Yes. An example of a reflex is when someone taps the knee (patella) tendon softly with a mallet. Your knee lurches forward and your brain has no control over its ...

So, how exactly those reflexes are modulated or inhibited to allow smooth, voluntary movement has been debated since Charles ...

In patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), pain and dysfunction cause a reflex inhibition on the quadriceps femoral muscle, and quadriceps weakness could accelerate damage to knee cartilage.