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DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20180050
Lazarević-Lasègue sign
Sinal de Lazarević-Lasègue![](https://www.thieme-connect.de/media/10.1055-s-00054595/201806/lookinside/thumbnails/10-1590-0004-282x20180050_20180050-1.jpg)
ABSTRACT
Charles Lasègue is reputed to have described the test/sign bearing his name, but he never wrote about it and misinterpreted its mechanism. The purpose of this note is to highlight the work of the Serbian, Laza Lazarević, who was first to present the original report of this seminal sign in sciatica and provide its appropriate pathophysiological interpretation.
RESUMO
Charles Lasègue guarda a reputação de ter descrito o sinal que leva seu nome, mas nunca escreveu sobre isso e interpretava erradamente sua etiopatogenia. O propósito desta nota é chamar atenção para o trabalho do sérvio Laza Lazarević, que apresentou a descrição original do sinal mais importante na ciatalgia e forneceu a interpretação apropriada da sua fisiopatologia.
Publication History
Received: 28 November 2017
Accepted: 14 March 2018
Article published online:
25 August 2023
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