Open AccessQuantitative Motor Activity Differentiates Schizophrenia Subtypes
Author(s) -
Sebastian Walther,
Helge Horn,
Nadja Razavi,
Philipp Koschorke,
Thomas Müller,
Werner Strik
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
neuropsychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.71
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0224
pISSN - 0302-282X
DOI - 10.1159/000236448
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , actigraphy , psychology , psychosis , antipsychotic , paranoid schizophrenia , analysis of variance , chlorpromazine , psychiatry , medicine , insomnia
Motor symptoms are frequent in schizophrenia and relevant to the diagnosis of subtypes. However, the assessment has been limited to observations recorded in scales and experimental designs. The aim of this study was to use wrist actigraphy to obtain motor activity data in 3 schizophrenia subtypes.
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