Shoulder-Touch test to reveal incongruencies in persons with functional motor disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Clinical experience suggests that many patients with functional motor disorders (FMD), despite reporting severe balance problems, typically do not fall frequently. This discrepancy may hint towards a functional component. Here, we explored the role of the Shoulder-Touch test, which features a light touch on the patient's shoulders, to reveal a possible functional etiology of postural instability.

Methods

We enrolled consecutive outpatients with a definite diagnosis of FMD. Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) or progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) with postural instability served as controls. Each patient underwent a clinical evaluation including testing for postural instability using the retropulsion test. Patients with an abnormal retropulsion tes

SUBMITTER: Geroin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9826369 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature