Tinel's sign

Tinel's sign the area around the pronator teres heads should be positive.

Tinel's sign is a way to detect irritated nerves.

Patients' pain history and a positive Tinel's sign are the first steps in evaluating the possibility of tarsal tunnel syndrome.

Positive Tinel's sign is often present.

Phalen's maneuver is more sensitive than Tinel's sign.

Tinel's sign is a tingling electric shock sensation that occurs when you tap over an affected nerve.

Tingling when a nerve area is tapped (Tinel's sign) or difficulty pinching with fingers (possible nerve damage).

Physical exam, including the tests for Tinel's sign, Phalen's sign, and two-point discrimination.

Tinel's sign and Phalen's tests can be used to assess for CTS.

Physical diagnostic tests include the Phalen maneuver or Phalen test and Tinel's sign.

Tinel's sign is sometimes referred to as "distal tingling on percussion" or DTP.

A Hoffmann (or Tinel's sign) is a tingling sensation triggered by a mechanical stimulus in the distal part of an injured nerve.

Tinel's sign and Phalen's tests produce mild to severe signs of tingling, numbness, loss of feeling or strength, or pain in the hand.

Tinel's sign (pain and/or paresthesias of the median-innervated fingers with percussion over the median nerve) is less sensitive, but slightly more specific than Phalen's sign.

Tinel's sign involves tapping at the volar wrist while Phalen's test involves maintaining wrist flexion for 60 seconds.

In October 1915, Jules Tinel described the same phenomenon in French "le signe de fourmillement": Tinel's sign.

For example, in carpal tunnel syndrome where the median nerve is compressed at the wrist, Tinel's sign is often "positive" causing tingling in the thumb, index, middle finger and the radial half of the fourth digit.

Numbness in the distribution of the median nerve, nocturnal symptoms, thenar muscle weakness/atrophy, positive Tinel's sign at the carpal tunnel, and abnormal sensory testing such as two-point discrimination have been standardized as clinical diagnostic criteria by consensus panels of experts.

Hoffman did not get enough credit in spite of being the first one to describe this sign because after the end of the war, Tinel's research gained more popularity and in all regions outside Germany where the sign is known as Tinel's sign.