title: Comparing psychotic and affective disorders by musculoskeletal structural examination.
abstract: Groups of hospitalized patients with psychotic and affective disorders (N = 60) underwent musculoskeletal structural examination. Psychotic and affective disorders each tend to affect a different portion of the musculoskeletal system, with psychotic patients exhibiting increased musculoskeletal dysfunction in the lower extremities and affective-disorders patients exhibiting increased cervical and thoracic dysfunction. At the clinical level, the structural examination may be used to correlate psychiatric disorders with dysfunctional regions of the musculoskeletal system.
authors.affiliation: Center for Osteopathic Research and Educational Development (C.O.R.E.D.), Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, IL 60615, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rodos
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Glonek
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Habenicht
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000473:pathology*; D010021:Osteopathic Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results