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SUBMITTER: Laub HN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4422503 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Laub Holly N HN Dwivedi Alok K AK Revilla Fredy J FJ Duker Andrew P AP Pecina-Jacob Cara C Espay Alberto J AJ
Movement disorders clinical practice 20150301 1
<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the diagnostic value of effort-associated behaviors ("huffing and puffing" spectrum) in patients with psychogenic movement disorders.<h4>Methods</h4>Three blinded clinicians rated presence, severity, and duration of effort-associated features during standing and walking tasks on edited videos of 131 patients with psychogenic gait disorders and 37 patients with organic gait disorders.<h4>Results</h4>Huffing, grunting, grimacing, and breath holding were the most comm ...[more]