Tinel's sign
Template:Short description Template:Infobox medical condition (new) Tinel's sign (also Hoffmann-Tinel sign) is a way to detect irritated nerves. It is performed by lightly tapping (percussing) over the nerve to elicit a sensation of tingling or "pins and needles" in the distribution of the nerve.[1][2] Percussion is usually performed moving distal to proximal.[2] It is named after Jules Tinel.[3][4][5]
It is a potential sign of carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome,[6] anterior tarsal tunnel syndrome[7][8] and symptomatic neuroma.[9]
History
Tinel's sign takes its name from French neurologist Jules Tinel (1879–1952), who wrote about it in a journal article published in October 1915.[3][4][5] German neurologist Paul Hoffmann independently also published an article on tinel sign six months earlier, in March 1915.[10][11] Previously, in 1909, Trotter and Davies published their findings that sensations elicited distal to the point of nerve resection are referred to the area or point of nerve resection; however they "failed to comment on the clinical relevance of their observation."[11]
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- ↑ a b Tinel, J. (1978) The "tingling sign" in peripheral nerve lesions (Translated by EB Kaplan). In: M. Spinner M (Ed.), Injuries to the Ma jor Branches of Peripheral Nerves of the Forearm. (2nd ed.) (pp 8–13). Philadelphia: WD Saunders Co
- ↑ a b Tinel, J. (1915) Le signe du fourmillement dans les lésions des nerfs périphériques. Presse médicale, 47, 388–389
- ↑ a b Tinel, J., Nerve wounds. London: Baillère, Tindall and Cox, 1917
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