Differences between schizophrenics and normal controls using chirological (hand) testing
Pomrock, Y.H.; Ginath, Y.
Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences 19(1): 5-22
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0333-7308 PMID: 7107198 Document Number: 196201
Differences were found and defined between schizophrenics and normal persons by making use of the chirological (hand) test. At a 2nd stage a group of hospitalized schizophrenic patients were tested and compared to a group of normal controls. The examiner was blind to the diagnoses of patients at the time of the test. In 4 parameters (expression of the outer hand, expression and quality of the thumb, arrangement of the auxiliary lines, and flow and quality of the 3 main lines), differences between the groups were highly significant (P < 0.0001 for most of these parameters). The technique and significance of the main components of the chirological tests are described at length. Chirological findings are discussed within the framework of modern psychopathological theories of schizophrenia.