"Recumbent" gait: relationship to the phenotype of "astasia-abasia"?
Psychogenic gait disorders can present in many different ways. Among patients with a pure psychogenic gait disorder, buckling of the knee is the most common feature, followed by astasia-abasia. Here, we describe one such patient with a very unusual gait disturbance that might be regarded as a variant of astasia-abasia. The patient characteristics are described and discussed in a historical context.
Boogaarts
Hieronymus D
HD
Department of Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Abdo
Wilson F
WF
Bloem
Bastiaan R
BR
D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged