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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.]<\/p>\n

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Presence of pain in the calf of the leg with dorsiflexion of the foot that is indicative of thrombophlebitis or thrombosis.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h"],"yoast_head":"\nHomans\u2019 sign - Definition of Homans\u2019 sign<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pain in the calf when the foot is bent back, a sign of deep-vein thrombosis [Described 1941. 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