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Table 2 Neuroimaging studies on motor conversion disorders

From: Neural correlates of conversion disorder: overview and meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies on motor conversion disorder

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Type of conversion

Study design

Task

Atmaca, et al. [82]

unilateral motor symptoms

matched control (healthy control)

structural differences

Aybek, et al. [29]

conversion disorder with limb weakness

matched control (healthy control)

structural differences

Aybek, et al. [52]

motor conversion disorder

matched control (healthy control)

visual stimuli - emotional faces

Aybek, et al. [47]

motor conversion disorder

matched control (healthy control)

stressful memories task

Blakemore, et al. [86]

unilateral upper limb conversion paresis

matched control (healthy control)

visual stimuli - reaction time task

Burgmer, et al. [90]

dissociative paralysis in conversion disorders

matched controls

movement execution and observation-task

Burke, et al. [89]

unilateral conversion disorder, sensory subtype

within group differences

vibrotactil stimulation

Czarnecki, et al. [60]

psychogenic movement disorders

matched control (healthy control)

resting state

simple motor task

task vs. rest

de Lange, et al. [16]

conversion paralysis

within subjects design

motor imagery task

de Lange, et al. [64]

full or partial paralysis lateralized to one arm

within subjects design

motor imagery task

de Lange, et al. [21]

full or partial conversion paralysis lateralized to one hand

within subject design

motor imagery task

Elzinga, et al. [46]

dissociative disorder

matched control (healthy control)

working memory task effects

task load

Ghaffar, et al. [62]

sensorimotor loss

case series

vibratory stimulation

Nicholson, et al. [105]

motor conversion

matched control (healthy control)

structural

Roelofs, et al. [66]

conversion paralysis

within subjects design

two-choice reaction task

Spence, et al. [20]

motor conversion

matched control (healthy control)

movement execution

Stone, et al. [74]

motor conversion

matched control (healthy control)

movement execution

van Beilen, et al. [50]

motor conversion (paresis)

Within subjects design, matched control (healthy control)

movement execution and imagination

Voon, et al. [27]

conversion disorder with positive motor symptoms

matched control (healthy control)

visual stimuli - emotional faces

Voon, et al. [43]

conversion disorder (psychogenic movement disorder)

matched control (healthy control)

action selection task

Vuilleumier, et al. [22]

unilateral hysterical sensorimotor loss

within subjects design

vibratory stimulation