Hoover's sign (leg paresis)
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Hoover’s sign of leg paresis is one of two signs named for Charles Franklin Hoover.[1] It is a maneuver aimed to separate organic from non-organic paresis of the leg.[2] The sign relies on the principle of synergistic contraction.[citation needed]
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