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- Title
Hoffmann–Tinel sign and entrapment neuropathy.
- Authors
Ishizuka, K; Uehara, T; Yokokawa, D; Noda, K; Ikusaka, M
- Abstract
CASE REPORT Hoffmann-Tinelsignandentrapmentneuropathy K.Ishizuka,T.Uehara,D.Yokokawa,K.NodaandM.Ikusaka Department of General Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba-City 260-8677, ChibaPrefecture,Japan Address correspondence to K. Ishizuka, Department of General Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba-City 260-8677, Chiba Prefecture,Japan.email:e103007c@yokohama-cu.ac.jp Learning point for clinicians Identification of Hoffmann-Tinel sign at the site of nerve injury is essential in physical examination, and nerve conduction studies can confirm the distribution of nerve injury. Nerve conduction study demonstrated no response by either the common peroneal nerve or tibial nerve. Identification of Hoffmann-Tinel sign at the site of nerve injury is essential in physical examination, and nerve conduction studiescanconfirmthedistributionofnerveinjury.
- Subjects
ENTRAPMENT neuropathies; NEUROPATHY; TIBIAL nerve; PERONEAL nerve; MEDICAL personnel; NEURAL conduction
- Publication
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2021, Vol 114, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
1460-2725
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/qjmed/hcaa156