Interobserver agreement and validity of bedside 'positive signs' for functional weakness, sensory and gait disorders in conversion disorder: A pilot study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 425-430

  Daum, Corinna ^a   Gheorghita, Fulvia ^a   Spatola, Marianna ^a   Stojanova, Vesna ^a   Medlin, Friedrich ^a   Vingerhoets, Franҫois ^a   Berney, Alexandre ^a   Gholam Rezaee, Mehdi ^a   Maccaferri, Giorgio E ^a   Hubschmid, Monica ^a   Aybek, Selma ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEDSIDE POSITIVE SIGN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DSM-5; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIGN TEST; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; VALIDITY; WEAKNESS; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSATION DISORDERS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 84925358055     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-307381     Document Type: Article

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