Abductor sign: A reliable new sign to detect unilateral non-organic paresis of the lower limb

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-125

  Sonoo, M ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR SIGN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HOOVER SIGN; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON ORGANIC LEG PARESIS; ORGANIC LEG PARESIS; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIP; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345863899     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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