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Performance validity tests in nonlitigant patients with functional motor disorder

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Performance validity tests (PVTs) are used in neuropsychological assessments to detect patterns of performance suggesting that the broader evaluation may be an invalid reflection of an individual's abilities. Data on… Click to show full abstract

Performance validity tests (PVTs) are used in neuropsychological assessments to detect patterns of performance suggesting that the broader evaluation may be an invalid reflection of an individual's abilities. Data on functional motor disorder (FMD) are currently poor and conflicting. We aimed to examine the rate of failure on three different PVTs of nonlitigant, non‐compensation‐seeking FMD patients, and we compared their performance to that of healthy controls and controls asked to simulate malingering (healthy simulators).

Keywords: functional motor; validity tests; motor disorder; performance validity; performance

Journal Title: European Journal of Neurology
Year Published: 2023

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