Click Here to return To Results

 

Electrophysiological Aids in Distinguishing Organic from Psychogenic Tremor neurol 50:1882-1884, McAuley,J.H.,et al, 1998 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract The clinical differentiation of tremors of organic and psychogenic origin can be difficult.We describe a patient with unilateral upper limb tremor that was initially considered to have a psychogenic cause,but subsequent frequency analysis of EMG signals and accelerometer recordings indicated that the tremor was organic in nature.An ischemic lesion in the contralateral lentiform nucleus found on MRI supported this conclusion. Quantitative electrophysiologic studies may thus be useful in distinguishing organic from psychogenic tremor.

Related Tags

(click to filter results - removes previous filter) conversion reaction electromyogram misdiagnosis movement disorder movement disorder,psychogenic MRI,abnormal neurologic disease,diagnoses of tremor tremor,psychogenic

Click Here to return To Results