PSYCHOGENIC GAIT DISORDER

Functional conversion reactions leading to psychogenic gait abnormalit ies have been frequently described, however,the psychodynamic context, the therapeutical consequencies and the course of these disorders hav e not been sufficiently investigated yet. Thus, the psychosomatic and neurological findings of 100 patients suffering from psychogenic gait abnormality, who were either treated in our neurological or psychiatri c department between 1983 and 1992, are presented. These retrospective ly obtained results are compared with the results from other studies d ealing with conversion symptoms.