Open AccessA new sign of sciatic neuralgia. M. Grünsfeld and S. Wassermann (Deut. Ztschr. f. Nervenheilk., Bd. 98, No. 4/6)
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj95538
Subject(s) - sciatic nerve , medicine , sign (mathematics) , lesion , achilles tendon , tendon , surgery , anatomy , mathematics , mathematical analysis
The authors point out the frequent painfulness of the Achilles tendon of the diseased leg when pressing or pinching it in this disease. This seizure depends on the lesion of the sciatic nerve stem fibers and can therefore be used to distinguish sciatic nairalgia from lumbago and other diseases.