Multimodal Care of a Patient With Functional Movement Disorders Following a Motor Vehicle Accident: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this case report was to describe the multimodal care of a patient with the sudden onset of truncal tremors.

Clinical features

A 30-year-old female patient presented for chiropractic care with truncal tremors following a motor vehicle accident. Initial outcome measures included the Neck Disability Index (50%) and Oswestry Disability Index (62). The patient's truncal tremors became worse during spinal cord compression testing that included passive cervical flexion and slouched posture. The Romberg test was positive for swaying. Assessments of active range of motions of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine were moderately reduced in all ranges. Case history, physical examinations, diagnostic imaging, and neurology consultations led to a diagnosis of

SUBMITTER: Fiore A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10461147 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature