Affiliations: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Corresponding author: Eda Gurcay, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, 06080 Altındag-Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: +90 312 5962993; Fax: +90 312 318 6690; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: Hysterical paralysis, a type of conversion disorder, presents with the loss of motor or sensory function. Although this disorder is nonorganic, it resembles the symptoms of a structural disease of the nervous system. It is generally associated with a traumatic or social event. The patients often require excessive testing and comprehensive assessment in exposing this psychogenic ailment. We reported the most dramatic type of conversion disorder, hysterical paralysis, in which full recovery was obtained with early recognition and rehabilitation approach including faradic stimulation.
Keywords: Hysterical paralysis, conversion motor disorder, rehabilitation, faradic stimulation
