Table 4.
Correlation between Dartos reflex and autonomic functions
| Dartos | T11-L2 status (n = 46) | Psychogenic erection (n = 42) | Ejaculation (n = 38) | Orgasm (n = 21/23) | Bladder neck (n = 39) | Autonomic spinal reflexes (n = 45) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intact or UMN | LMN | Present | Absent | Present | Absent | Present | Absent | Normal | Dyssynergia | Open | Present | Absent | |
| Present | 30 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 19 A = 13, M = 2, R = 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Absent | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 A = 0, M = 0, R = 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 12 | 2 | 12 |
| S (p < 0.01) | NS (p = 0.34) | S (p < 0.01) | NS (p = 0.74) | S (p < 0.01) | S (p < 0.01) | ||||||||
UMN upper motor neuron, LMN lower motor neuron, TL thoraco-lumbar, A antegrade, R retrograde, M mixed