Phalen maneuver

The Phalen's sign ( also Phalen's test, English:. Phalen 's Maneuver, Phalen 's test ) is a clinical sign of neurology. Already in the early stages of carpal tunnel syndrome occurs in prolonged endgradiger Handflexion to dysesthesia in the area supplied by the median nerve. The character was created by the American orthopedic surgeon George Phalen (1911-1998) described in 1948. Although his Sensititvität is superior to that of the Hoffmann- Tinel sign, the specificity of both signs for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome is relatively low.