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Hoover’s sign of leg paresis is one of two signs named for Charles Franklin Hoover. [1] It is a maneuver aimed to separate organic from non-organic paresis of the leg. [ 2 ] The sign relies on the principle of synergistic contraction .
Hoover's sign (leg paresis) Charles Franklin Hoover: neurology, psychiatry: lower extremity paresis: differentiates organic from non-organic etiology Hoover's sign (pulmonary) Charles Franklin Hoover: pulmonology: COPD: inward movement of lower ribs during inspiration Howship–Romberg sign: John Howship, Moritz Heinrich Romberg: surgery ...
Hoover's sign refers to one of two signs named for Charles Franklin Hoover: Hoover's sign (leg paresis) Hoover's sign (pulmonary) This page was last edited on 16 ...
Charles Franklin Hoover (1865–1927) [1] was an American physician born in Cleveland, Ohio, who read medicine at Harvard University. He worked in Vienna under Neusser, and in Strasbourg with F Kraus before returning to Cleveland.
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Focal neurologic signs, also known as focal neurological deficits or focal CNS signs, are impairments of nerve, spinal cord, or brain function that affects a specific region of the body, e.g. weakness in the left arm, the right leg, paresis, or plegia. [citation needed]
Hoover's sign in pulmonology is one of two signs named for Charles Franklin Hoover. [ 1 ] It refers to inward movement of the lower rib cage during inspiration, [ 2 ] - instead of outward as is normal - implying a flat, but functioning, diaphragm, often associated with COPD . [ 3 ]