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01-10-2020 | Neurological Tests | Consensus paper and Guideline

The use of WhatsApp Messenger: an important tool in modern neurological examination

Authors: Iris H. M. Meeuwis, Emma M. van Rooijen, Wim I. M. Verhagen

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 5/2020

Abstract

WhatsApp Messenger is one of the most popular and still growing mobile applications worldwide in telemedicine. WhatsApp Messenger can be used as a communication tool and an adjunctive tool within telemedicine, but it is the ability or inability to use WhatsApp Messenger correctly that provides a powerful clinical neurological function tool. The easy use and the application’s popularity make it extremely useful in obtaining clues in patients’ neurological history. Dystextia or dystypia, the inability to send correct text messages, can be used as an indicator of neurological deficits, and is an upcoming term in neurological vascular pathology. In this case series, we present three cases in which the inability to send text messages were the clue for neurological pathology. This easy and useful evaluation of the ability to use a text message program should be incorporated in standard neurological history taking and examination, as it can provide clues for underlying neurological pathology.

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Title: The use of WhatsApp Messenger: an important tool in modern neurological examination
Authors: Iris H. M. Meeuwis
Emma M. van Rooijen
Wim I. M. Verhagen
Publication date: 01-10-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Neurological Tests
Stroke
Telemedicine
Aphasia
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-020-01435-x

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