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Aug 3, 2024 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
🚨Putrino is way out of line with this misleading thread🚨
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The study’s purpose was to examine the association b/t depression, anxiety & personality disorders & clinical outcome in people with FND-par (a subtype of a subtype of FND).
They don’t discuss the overall improvement rates bc that’s not the focus of the study.
You can’t generalize this to all of FND or even FND-par. Regardless, 43.7% is better than 0%!
No serious researcher or clinician would ever draw these conclusions. This seems purposeful.
Feb 28, 2024 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
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New FND Treatment 🧵
This patient’s FND was triggered by a dog bite to her R thigh. She developed R leg heaviness that progressed to a severe tremor during a soccer game & intermittent head/trunk movements when walking. /1
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Over the past 3 years she had some fluctuating improvement with traditional physical therapy but felt that her progress had plateaued. She was no longer able to work in her physically demanding job or participate in meaningful activities (riding a motorcycle, playing sports). /2
