Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 197-201 , March 2010

Sensitivity and specificity of the finger tapping task for the detection of psychogenic movement disorders

  • Susan Criswell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Ave., Box 8111, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • American Parkinson Disease Association Advanced Center for Parkinson Research, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Ave., Box 8111, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Tel.: +1 314 362 7272; fax: +1 314 747 3274.
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  • Callen Sterling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Ave., Box 8111, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Laura Swisher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Ave., Box 8111, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • ,
  • Brad Evanoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
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  • Brad A. Racette

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Ave., Box 8111, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • American Parkinson Disease Association Advanced Center for Parkinson Research, USA

Received 11 August 2009 ,Revised 9 November 2009 ,Accepted 16 November 2009.

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☆ The review of this paper was entirely handled by an Associate Editor, Jonathan Carr.

PII: S1353-8020(09)00284-3

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.11.007

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
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