The Hoffmann-Tinel Sign: Historical Background and Clinical Significance

Abstract

The Hoffmann-Tinel sign is well-known to professionals dealing with nerve lesions and is widely used as a provocative test. It was described by Paul Hoffman and Jules Tinel in the same year (1915), independently. In the present article, a biographical sketch of both authors is presented and the method for eliciting the sign and the sometimes controversial information of its results are discussed.

Keywords

• hoffman-tinel sign
• tinel sign
• tingling sensation
• paul hoffmann
• jules tinel
• nerve regeneration
• sinal de Hoffmann-Tinel
• sinal de Tinel
• sensação de formigamento
• paul hoffmann
• jules tinel
• regeneração de nervos