1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-12-80-b 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-10-13 Attention Deficit and Learning Disorders Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Paratonia and Frontal Lobe Cognitive Function http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 10 1998 01 05 2016 12 10 80 80 Copyright: © 1998 The Author(s) 1998 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Facilitory paratonia and frontal lobe functioning

Paratonia, an alteration of tone to passive movement, was assessed in 25 adult patients with degenerative dementia and correlated with other tests of frontal lobe function (echopraxia, distractibility, word fluency) and cognitive function (Mini-Mental State Examination) in a study at Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH.

 Paratonia Kral Procedure Frontal Lobe Cognitive Function

Paratonia, an alteration of tone to passive movement, was assessed in 25 adult patients with degenerative dementia and correlated with other tests of frontal lobe function (echopraxia, distractibility, word fluency) and cognitive function (Mini-Mental State Examination) in a study at Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH. A modified Kral procedure which measures continued movement after cessation of passive movement (facilitory paratonia) correlated better with a subjective rating of facilitory paratonia than with oppositional paratonia (gegenhalten). The Kral procedure also predicted echopraxia. Both forms of paratonia and the Kral procedure each predicted scores on the MMSE for frontal lobe cognitive function. [1]

Beversdorf DQ Heilman KM Facilitory paratonia and frontal lobe functioning Neurology 1998 Oct 51 4 968 971 10.1212/WNL.51.4.968 9781514