Conversive gait disorder: you cannot miss this diagnosis

Bizarre, purposeless movements and inconsistent findings are typical of conversive gaits. The objective of the present paper is to review some phenomenological aspects of twenty-five consecutive conversive gait disorder patients. Some variants are typical – knees give way-and-recover presentation, m...

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Main Authors: Péricles Maranhão-Filho, Carlos Eduardo da Rocha e Silva, Maurice Borges Vincent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2014-05-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000500373&lng=en&tlng=en
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author Péricles Maranhão-Filho
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description Bizarre, purposeless movements and inconsistent findings are typical of conversive gaits. The objective of the present paper is to review some phenomenological aspects of twenty-five consecutive conversive gait disorder patients. Some variants are typical – knees give way-and-recover presentation, monoparetic, tremulous, and slow motion – allowing clinical diagnosis with high precision.
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spelling doaj-art-b6725d44e96c47f888a3f73652ffc7f32025-08-20T02:00:17ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272014-05-0172537337710.1590/0004-282X20140022S0004-282X2014000500373Conversive gait disorder: you cannot miss this diagnosisPéricles Maranhão-FilhoCarlos Eduardo da Rocha e SilvaMaurice Borges VincentBizarre, purposeless movements and inconsistent findings are typical of conversive gaits. The objective of the present paper is to review some phenomenological aspects of twenty-five consecutive conversive gait disorder patients. Some variants are typical – knees give way-and-recover presentation, monoparetic, tremulous, and slow motion – allowing clinical diagnosis with high precision.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000500373&lng=en&tlng=ensintoma somáticomarcha conversivaexame neurológico
spellingShingle Péricles Maranhão-Filho
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Conversive gait disorder: you cannot miss this diagnosis
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title Conversive gait disorder: you cannot miss this diagnosis
title_full Conversive gait disorder: you cannot miss this diagnosis
title_fullStr Conversive gait disorder: you cannot miss this diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Conversive gait disorder: you cannot miss this diagnosis
title_short Conversive gait disorder: you cannot miss this diagnosis
title_sort conversive gait disorder you cannot miss this diagnosis
topic sintoma somático
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exame neurológico
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000500373&lng=en&tlng=en
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