Tonic immobility differentiates stress responses in PTSD

Tonic immobility (TI) is a state of physical immobility associated with extreme stress and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, it is unknown whether TI is associated with a distinct actual stress response, i.e., objective immobility measured by a stabilometric platform. This study made a first step in exploring this as well as differences in body sway responses between PTSD patients and healthy controls. We hypothesized that PTSD would be related to increased body sway under stress, whereas TI would be related to decreased body sway under stress.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Brain and Behavior

• Publication date

  2016-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/brb3.546PMID 27843699PMCID 5102644
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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