Sensitivity and specificity of the finger tapping task for the detection of psychogenic movement disorders

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-201

  Criswell, Susan ^a,b   Sterling, Callen ^a   Swisher, Laura ^a   Evanoff, Brad ^a   Racette, Brad A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b American Parkinson Disease Association Advanced Center for Parkinson Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Essential tremor; Finger tapping; Idiopathic parkinson disease; Psychogenic movement disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSTONIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FINGER TAPPING TEST; HOEHN AND YAHR STAGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE III;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREMOR;

EID: 76849102317     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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