Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 1997/12, 97(12):715-721. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.1997.97.12.715, type of study: ,obs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Keywords:

affective disorder [1]
cervical spine [319]
diagnosis [412]
lower extremities [27]
mood disorder [7]
musculoskeletal system [32]
observational study [246]
psychotic disorder [1]
thoracic spine [98]

Abstract:

Groups of hospitalized patients with psychotic and affective disorders (N = 60) underwent musculoskeletal structural examination. Psychotic and affective disorders each tend to affect a different portion of the musculoskeletal system, with psychotic patients exhibiting increased musculoskeletal dysfunction in the lower extremities and affective-disorders patients exhibiting increased cervical and thoracic dysfunction. At the clinical level, the structural examination may be used to correlate psychiatric disorders with dysfunctional regions of the musculoskeletal system.