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Possible Functional Moving Toes Syndrome.

Author(s) -

Nora VanegasArroyave,

Pattamon Panyakaew,

Dronacharya Lamichhane,

Lisa M. Shulman,

Mark Hallett

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

doaj (doaj: directory of open access journals)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2160-8288

DOI - 10.7916/d8cz36xt

Subject(s) - physical medicine and rehabilitation , movement disorders , functional movement , movement (music) , neuroscience , psychology , etiology , medicine , psychiatry , pathology , disease , philosophy , aesthetics

Background: Moving toes syndrome has been classically described as an organic movement disorder, on occasion related to peripheral nerve injuries. The association between nerve trauma and movement disorders has become a controversial topic, and the functional etiology of moving toes syndrome has recently been proposed.

Case Report: We describe two cases of moving toes syndrome with clinical features typically suggestive of a functional movement disorder.

Discussion: The presence of entrainability and distractibility in the described patients is an indication of attentional influences on their involuntary movements. However, it is possible that if there is a subcortical origin, the toe movements could be influenced by voluntary commands.

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