NATURALIZATION OF THE ALIEN HAND - CASE-REPORT

The alien hand syndrome is an involuntary motor phenomenon that occurs infrequently and mostly in stroke patients. A case is reported of a 6 7-year-old man with left hemiparesis whose hand crept and crawled, esp ecially at night, which caused him to awaken by grasping his collar, T he disturbing nocturnal activity of the hand was stilled by placing it in a common oven mitt. (C) 1998 by the American Congress of Rehabilit ation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehab ilitation.