Pain in the calf when the foot is bent back, a sign of deep-vein thrombosis [Described 1941. After John Homans (1877-1954), Professor of Clinical Surgery at Harvard, USA.]
Presence of pain in the calf of the leg with dorsiflexion of the foot that is indicative of thrombophlebitis or thrombosis.
Pain in the calf when the foot is passively dorsiflexed. This is a physical finding suggestive of venous thrombosis of the deep veins of the calf; however, diagnostic reliability is limited, that is, elicited calf pain may be associated with conditions other than thrombosis, and an absence of calf pain does not rule out thrombosis.