Movement characteristics of hospitalized psychiatric patients

Davis, Martha

doi:10.1007/bf02579526

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“…Depending on the method, abnormal voluntary and in voluntary movements [1][2][3][4], psychomotor deficits, such as found in dexterity or rhythm tasks [5][6][7][8][9], qualitative changes in movement behaviour [10][11][12], and altered nonverbal behaviour [13][14][15][16] were demonstrated.…”

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Movement Behaviour of Patients with Eating Disorders and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Controlled Study

Lausberg

J²,

Feiereis³

1996

Psychother Psychosom

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Background: This study assessed the movement behaviour of patients with eating disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. Methods: Ninety female patients with anorexia nervosa (n = 30), bulimia nervosa (n = 30), inflammatory bowel disease (n = 30) and a healthy control group (n = 30) were videotaped during a 10-min standardised movement sequence. A movement analysis instrument was developed for the evaluation. Results: The patient groups had a significantly smaller area of movement, less weight shift, more isolated use of their body parts, less integration of the lower body, more peripheral initiation of movement, less strength. No significant differences could be found among the patient groups with eating disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. Conclusions: The findings are discussed in relation to body scheme disturbances and inhibition of nonverbal expression.

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Movement Behaviour of Patients with Eating Disorders and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Controlled Study

Lausberg

J²,

Feiereis³

1996

Psychother Psychosom

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“…Since the early 1970's, movement notation has facilitated the observation of subtle changes in psychiatric patients (Davis, 1972;Davis, 1981 ). in 1972, Davis found that 'fragmentation' correlated significantly with a chronic schizophrenic diagnosis and/or more than two hospitalizations.…”

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“…in 1972, Davis found that 'fragmentation' correlated significantly with a chronic schizophrenic diagnosis and/or more than two hospitalizations. Studying those movement pathologies presumed indicative of the schizophrenia, Davis (1981) questioned whether the pathologies were in fact due to the illness or to the neuroleptics. Expanding on Davis' work, this pilot study compares movement pathology of chronic schizophrenics across neuroleptic and placebo conditions.…”

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“…These movement features increase (that is, appear or develop from less pathological characteristics) as the patient becomes seriously ill and decrease as the patient improves. (Davis, 1981) The Movement Diagnostic Scale scores the qualities of every day movement, not specifically movement in a dance therapy session nor in interaction.…”

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“…The dance therapist, who was blind to medication conditions, did not elicit specific movements or follow a dance therapy model. The data was measured by the Movement Diagnostic Scale, Version B, which is Davis' reorganization of the eight recurrent movement factors (see Appendix A) extracted from the original scale, which had established reliability and validity (Davis, 1981). The Movement Diagnostic Scale is based on two assumptions:…”

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