Publications by authors named "Caitlin Hebb"

Objective: Patients with functional neurological disorder involving the motor system (eg, functional weakness, functional gait) may acutely present to the hospital for new-onset symptoms. For some, symptoms may remain severe enough at the time of hospital discharge to qualify for an inpatient rehabilitation facility stay.

Design: Data were extracted via retrospective chart review on functional neurological disorder patients ( N = 22) admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility between September 2019 and May 2022.

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Background: Functional gait disorders (FGD) are a common and disabling condition. Consensus-based rehabilitation techniques for treating FGD and other functional neurological disorder presentations at large utilize a variety of therapeutic strategies, including distraction, novel approaches to movement, entrainment, stress/hypervigilance modulation, and psychotherapy.

Case Report: Here we present a case of a 24-year-old woman with a complex history of anxiety, depression, left frontal astrocytoma, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and FGD.

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