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The motor Tinel sign: A useful sign in entrapment neuropathy?
Author(s) -
Montagna Pasquale,
Liguori Rocco
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(200006)23:6<976::aid-mus22>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - sign (mathematics) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , entrapment neuropathy , peripheral neuropathy , entrapment , physical therapy , neuroscience , psychology , surgery , carpal tunnel syndrome , mathematics , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , mathematical analysis
The motor Tinel sign (MTS) refers to electromyographic activity, sometimes associated with a visible muscle jerk, evoked by percussion or manipulation of a peripheral nerve. The MTS is found in entrapment neuropathies (such as carpal tunnel syndrome or entrapment of the ulnar nerve at the elbow and peroneal nerve at the fibular head) but occasionally also in normal subjects. The MTS may be useful in evaluating patients with entrapment neuropathy, but it does not always indicate nerve dysfunction. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 23: 976–978, 2000