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1 Functional Neurologic Symptoms: Assessment and Management
Jon Stone, MB,ChB, PhD, FRCP, Alan Carson, MB,ChB, MPhil, MD, FRCP  Neurologic Clinics  Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages 1-18 (February 2011) DOI: /j.ncl Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Hoover sign is most easily demonstrated in the sitting position. (Reproduced from Stone J. The bare essentials: functional symptoms in neurology. Pract Neurol 2009;9:179–89; with permission of BMJ publications.) Neurologic Clinics  , 1-18DOI: ( /j.ncl ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 A dragging gait with external or internal hip rotation is characteristic of functional weakness. Neurologic Clinics  , 1-18DOI: ( /j.ncl ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Functional/psychogenic dystonia typically presents with a clenched fist or an inverted plantarflexed ankle. (Reproduced from Stone J. The bare essentials: functional symptoms in neurology. Pract Neurol 2009;9:179–89; with permission of BMJ publications.) Neurologic Clinics  , 1-18DOI: ( /j.ncl ) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions


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