Diagnostic Performance of the "Huffing and Puffing" Sign in Functional (Psychogenic) Movement Disorders

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-32

  Laub, Holly N ^a   Dwivedi, Alok K ^b   Revilla, Fredy J ^a   Duker, Andrew P ^a   Pecina Jacob, Cara ^a   Espay, Alberto J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

Excessive effort; Psychogenic movement disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GRIMACING; GRUNTING; HUFFING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDING TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VOCALIZATION; WALKING TASK;

EID: 84949498942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23301619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12102     Document Type: Article

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