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Tinel's Sign is a medical procedure used to detect irritated nerves. It is named after French neurologist Jules Tinel.
Overview[edit | edit source]
Tinel's Sign 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. It is often performed in a physical examination of a patient with suspected carpal tunnel syndrome.
Procedure[edit | edit source]
The examiner taps on the median nerve at the patient's wrist. If the patient experiences a tingling sensation in the fingers, the test is positive and carpal tunnel syndrome is likely.
History[edit | edit source]
The sign was first described by Paul Hoffmann in 1915 and independently described by Jules Tinel in 1917. It is sometimes called Hoffmann-Tinel sign.
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