Woltman sign

Woltman's sign is a delayed relaxation phase of an elicited deep tendon reflex, usually tested in the Achilles tendon of the patient.
Woltman's sign is named for Henry Woltman, an American neurologist.

Associated conditions

The delayed ankle jerks are associated with:

In 1924, William Calvert Chaney, who worked under Henry Woltman at the Mayo Clinic, seems to have been the first to publish a description of the sign, but Woltman had no authorship and was not mentioned in Chaney's manuscript. The eponym "Woltman's sign of myxedema" was first published in 1956 at the time of Woltman's retirement.