title: Conversive gait disorder: you cannot miss this diagnosis.
abstract: Bizarre, purposeless movements and inconsistent findings are typical of conversive gaits. The objective of the present paper is to review some phenomenological aspects of twenty-five consecutive conversive gait disorder patients. Some variants are typical - knees give way-and-recover presentation, monoparetic, tremulous, and slow motion - allowing clinical diagnosis with high precision.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro RJ, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Péricles
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maranhão-Filho
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia Médica, Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo da Rocha E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro RJ, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maurice Borges
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Vincent
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008488:Medical Illustration; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology