Clinical Chiropractic RSS feed: Articles in Press. As an international, peer reviewed journal, Clinical Chiropractic aims to enhance the standards and quality of the practice of chiropractic by providing authoritative information of use to the clinical chiropractor in development of their professional career; clinical skills and performance; and ability to deliver optimal patient care. It further seeks to improve the level of knowledge about chiropractic and ensure its widest dissemination. The journal utilises the double-blind peer review process. The Editor welcomes the following types of article for publication, provided they are deemed to be of relevance, benefit or interest to the clinically practicing chiropractor: • Best Evidence Topics • Book Reviews • Case Challenge • Case Reports • Case Reviews • Clinical Audits • Clinical Procedures • Commentaries • Conferences - reports and abstracts • Editorials • Indices of academic works produced by associations or academic institutions • Letters to the Editor • Literature Reviews • Original Articles • Preliminary Studies • Resource Documents • Special Reports • Technical Reports http://www.clinchiropractic.com//inpress?rss=yesElsevier Inc.en © 2011 The College of Chiropractors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Clinical Chiropractic1479-23542011-10-14 © 2011 The College of Chiropractors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. healthpermissions@elsevier.comhttp://www.clinchiropractic.com/article/PIIS1479235411001167/abstract?rss=yesSummary: Paratonia and gegenhalten – the involuntary resistance to passive movement – are terms used in the field of neurology to describe a form of hypertonia often associated with dementia. It is however also found to be present in children suffering from developmental delay where it may be accompanied by signs of dyspraxia and learning disabilities. Its presence may cause an elderly patient to appear to be being deliberately difficult and the child to be misbehaving.Objective: To bring an awareness of how common paratonia/gegenhalten are in a general patient population.Method: An overview of the literature retrieved from searches of computerised databases, the world-wide web and authoritative texts.Discussion: As paratonia in children and gegenhalten in the elderly population occur at significantly high rates, as has been found with many of the primitive reflexes, it is suggested that their retention and reappearance may be associated with the postnatal development of the brain and its demise associated with ageing.Conclusion: With such a high percentage of both the juvenile and elderly population manifesting signs of resisted movement it is considered essential that practitioners dealing with either of these groups have a good working knowledge of this common neurological sign.Paratonia and gegenhalten in childhood and senescence - Corrected ProofRobin Pauc, Antoinette Young10.1016/j.clch.2011.08.001Clinical Chiropractic (2011)2011-10-14Clinical Chiropractic2011-10-14LITERATURE REVIEW