A method for detecting functional weakness

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Abstract

A simple electrophysiological method is described for detecting weakness of psychiatric origin. The method involves the interpolation of a single indirect stimulus to a muscle during the course of a supposedly maximal voluntary contraction. Incomplete motor activation is revealed by the presence of a twitch superimposed on the recording of voluntary torque.

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McComas, A. J., Kereshi, S., & Quinlan, J. (1983). A method for detecting functional weakness. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 46(3), 280–282. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.46.3.280

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