A Note of Caution on Distorted Visual Feedback as a Treatment for Functional Movement Disorders

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology London United Kingdom.
² Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience University College London London United Kingdom.
³ Neuroscience Research Centre, Institute of Molecular and Cell Sciences St George's University of London London United Kingdom.

Anne-Catherine M L Huys et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 21;9(2):275-277.

doi: 10.1002/mdc3.13386. eCollection 2022 Feb.

¹ Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology London United Kingdom.
² Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience University College London London United Kingdom.
³ Neuroscience Research Centre, Institute of Molecular and Cell Sciences St George's University of London London United Kingdom.

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Keywords: beliefs; functional neurological disorder; functional tremor; virtual reality; visual feedback.

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