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Tinel's sign
Associated persons:
Paul Hoffmann
Jules Tinel
Description:
Pressure over nerve trunk that has been damaged or is regenerating following trauma causes a sensation of tingling and pain in its distribution up to the site of regeneration.
See also Hoffmann's sign, under Paul Hoffmann, German physiologist, 1884-1962.
Bibliography:
- J. Tinel:
Le signe du fourmillement dans les lésions des nerfs périphériques.
La Presse Médicale, Paris, October 1915, 23 (47): 388-389.
- J. Tinel:
Nerve Wounds. London: Baillière, Tindall & Cox, 1917.
- J. Tinel:
The "tingling" sign in peripheral nerve lesions. Translated by EB Kaplan).
In: M. Spinner, editor: Injuries to the Major Branches of Peripheral Nerves of the Forearm. 2nd edition: 8-13. Philadelphia : WD Saunders Co. 1978.
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