Maranhão-Filho Péricles, Vincent Maurice
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brasil.
Neuroscience Research, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, USA.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2018 Jun;76(6):421-423. doi: 10.1590/0004-282X20180050.
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.