Homans sign
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Homans sign
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In medicine, Homans' sign is considered by some physicians to be a sign of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). It was defined by John Homans in 1941 as discomfort behind the knee upon forced dorsiflexion of the foot. After many examples of false-positive Homans' signs were reported, Homans redefined it in 1944, stating that "discomfort need have no part in the reaction", and that increased resistance, involuntary flexure of the knee or pain in the calf upon forced dorsiflexion should be considered posit
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homans_sign
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2022-05-24T02:30:25Z
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