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.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Sinal de Hoffmann-Tinel: contexto histórico e significado clínico
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The Hoffmann-Tinel sign: Historical Background and Clinical Significance ; day:27 ; month:10 ; year:2023 ; Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery ; (27.10.2023)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Siqueira, Mario Gilberto ; Martins, Roberto Sergio

Further information

• DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1776273
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023121411264208671979
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:27 AM CEST