期刊
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
卷 31, 期 4, 页码 555-562出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mds.26525
关键词
Psychogenic; functional; diagnostic criteria; electrophysiological criteria
资金
- Medical Research Council [MR/M02363X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MR/M02363X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
BackgroundIn a small group of patients, we have previously shown that a combination of electrophysiological tests was able to distinguish functional (psychogenic) tremor and organic tremor with excellent sensitivity and specificity. ObjectivesThis study aims to validate an electrophysiological test battery as a tool to diagnose patients with functional tremor with a laboratory-supported level of certainty. MethodsFor this prospective data collection study, we recruited 38 new patients with functional tremor (mean age 37.924.5 years; mean disease duration 5.99.0 years) and 73 new patients with organic tremor (mean age 55.4 +/- 25.4 years; mean disease duration 15.8 +/- 17.7 years). Tremor was recorded at rest, posture (with and without loading), action, while performing tapping tasks (1, 3, and 5Hz), and while performing ballistic movements with the less-affected hand. Electrophysiological tests were performed by raters blinded to the clinical diagnosis. We calculated a sum score for all performed tests (maximum of 10 points) and used a previously suggested cut-off score of 3 points for a diagnosis of laboratory-supported functional tremor. ResultsWe demonstrated good interrater reliability and test-retest reliability. Patients with functional tremor had a higher average score on the test battery when compared with patients with organic tremor (3.6 +/- 1.4 points vs 1.0 +/- 0.8 points; P<.001), and the predefined cut-off score for laboratory-supported functional tremor yielded a test sensitivity of 89.5% and a specificity of 95.9%. ConclusionWe now propose this test battery as the basis of laboratory-supported criteria for the diagnosis of functional tremor, and we encourage its use in clinical and research practice. (c) 2016 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
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