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CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS
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Positive Tinel’s Sign
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pain, numbness, or tingling in the median nerve
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distribution resulting from tapping over the proximal
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wrist
crease
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PLUS
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Positive Phalen’s sign or reverse Phalen’s
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sign
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pain, numbness, or tingling in the median nerve
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distribution resulting from complete palmar flexion
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and dorsiflexion respectively, of the wrist for 60
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seconds
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