Conversion motor paralysis disorder: Overview and rehabilitation model

Spinal Cord

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 327-334

  Heruti, R J ^a,d   Levy, A ^b,d   Adunski, A ^c,d   Ohry, A ^a,d  

^a Rehabilitation Ward   (Israel)

^b SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Interdisciplinary team approach; Motor paralysis; Overview; Rehabilitation model

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVERSION MOTOR PARALYSIS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; HYSTERIA; MALINGERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION; URODYNAMICS; X RAY ANALYSIS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONVERSION DISORDER; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 0036019925     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101308     Document Type: Review

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