Abduction finger sign: A new sign to detect unilateral functional paralysis of the upper limb

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2415-2419

  Tinazzi, Michel ^a,b   Simonetto, Sara ^a,b   Franco, Laura ^a,b   Bhatia, Kailash P ^c   Moretto, Giuseppe ^b   Fiaschi, Antonio ^a   Deluca, Cristina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile Borgo Trento   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hoover's test; Synkinesia; Upper limb functional paralysis

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ABDUCTION FINGER SIGN; ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNKINESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649085033     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22268     Document Type: Article

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