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Psychosomatic Medicine 28:70-77 (1966)
© 1966 American Psychosomatic Society

Impairment of Voluntary Movement in Parkinson's Disease in Relation to Activation Level, Autonomic Malfunction, and Personality Rigidity

HARRY A. PLOSKI PH.D.1, ERIC LEVITA PH.D.2, and MANUEL RIKLAN PH.D.2

1 Department of Psychology, St. Barnabas Hospital, New York, N.Y.; Vocational Rehabilitation Administration
2 Department of Psychology, St. Barnabas Hospital, New York, N.Y.

Activation level, personality rigidity, autonomic malfunction, and voluntary movement impairment were studied in 43 patients with Parkinson's disease--34 men and 9 women. Significant relationships were found between activation level and voluntary movement impairment and between activation level and personality rigidity. Results are discussed in terms of reticular activating system malfunction and assumed sensory deprivation. It is suggested that personality rigidity, a correlate of decreased activation level, may become manifest through attempted personality reintegration in the face of physiological changes.

Submitted on May 12, 1965






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