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.
Lasègue’s sign; Lazarević’s sign; sciatica
Source: http://psychiatrie.histoire.free.fr/pers/bio/lasegue.htm
