TY  - JOUR
T1  - TInel's percussion test
AU  - Scott M
Y1  - 1969/09/29
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03160260060020
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2056
EP  - 2056
VL  - 209
IS  - 13
N2  - To the Editor:— 
    I wish to reply to Dr. Rentschler's comments (208: 2337, 1969) concerning my modification of Tinel's percussion test for evaluating intraspinal sensory nerve root involvement (208:152, 1969).I stated that the use of Tinel's percussion test for evaluating peripheral nerve lesions was well known, and that I was suggesting a modification of this test for diagnosing involvement of any spinal sensory nerve root which innervated a cutaneous dermatomere. I chose the sixth cervical root as an example because it is frequently compressed or irritated by cervical disks or osteophytes. However, my comments concerning the manner of doing the test and its interpretation were applicable to any sensory dermatomere in the body. For example, the eighth cervical dermatomere supplying the little finger, and the mesial surface of the ring finger; the fifth thoracic dermatomere which crosses the nipple line; or the fifth lumbar dermatomere which includes the
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160260060020
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160260060020
ER  -