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Inpatient Physiotherapy for Functional (Psychogenic) Gait Disorder: A Case Series of 35 Patients
Author(s) -
Matthews Audrey,
Brown Melanie,
Stone Jon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
movement disorders clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.754
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 2330-1619
DOI - 10.1002/mdc3.12325
Subject(s) - physical therapy , medicine , rivermead post concussion symptoms questionnaire , psychogenic disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , gait , randomized controlled trial , rehabilitation , surgery , radiology
View Supplementary Video 1 Patients with functional gait disorder ( FGD ) are often referred for physiotherapy, but data on their outcome is limited. The authors present a case series of 35 patients who received targeted physiotherapy for FGD at a regional neuroscience center (mean number of sessions, 11). Significant improvements in the Modified Rivermead Mobility Index (score range, 0–40) were recorded between pretreatment and posttreatment (mean pretreatment vs. posttreatment score, 20 vs. 37, respectively). Improvements also were seen in patients who had chronic symptoms, including those with symptom duration over 6 months (mean pretreatment vs. posttreatment score, 21 vs. 33, respectively) and in patients who had no psychological intervention. These data support the hypothesis that specific physiotherapy for FGD can be surprisingly effective and further encourage the development of larger randomized trials to test efficacy.