J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 14:72-76, February 2002
© 2002 American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
Impaired Visuomotor Function in Schizophrenic Patients Compared With Control Subjects
Henry Silver, M.B.B.S., B.Med.Sci., D.P.M., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P.,
Nili Shlomo, M.D.,
Miguel Schwartz, M.D. and
Shraga Hocherman, Ph.D.
Received July 7, 2000; revised October 10, 2000; accepted October 19, 2000. From Flugelman (Mazra) Psychiatric Hospital, Mobile Post Ashrat, Israel; and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Address correspondence to Dr. Silver, Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Mobile Post Hefer 38814, Israel. E-mail: mdsilver{at}tx.technion.ac.il
Visuomotor function was studied in 36 schizophrenic patients treated with atypical antipsychotics and in 22 control subjects. Patients showed significant disturbances in ability to control movement direction when tracing objects on screen and in keeping pace with a moving target in tracking tests. The impairments were not related to medication dose or to extrapyramidal side effects. Visuomotor impairment may be part of illness-related pathology in schizophrenia.
Key Words: Schizophrenia • Visuomotor Function • Motor Control
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