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Lead
Xijing Hospital
Age
18–80
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Continuous video-electroencephalogram (VEEG) monitoring duration of 24 hours or longer
At least one recorded episode during VEEG monitoring with prominent abnormal limb movements (such as convulsive episodes)
Successful administration of the standardized Abrupt Clap Provocation Test (ACPT) during the clinical ictal phase
Episodes definitively diagnosed as epileptic seizures (ES) or confirmed as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) at the highest certainty level (Level 4: documented/confirmed) according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) criteria
Complete clinical and demographic data available
You may not be if
Coexisting severe hearing impairment or documented ear disease, rendering the patient unable to effectively perceive normal auditory stimuli
Episodes definitively diagnosed as other non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders (such as syncope, paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia, or sleep disorders)
Episodes occurring out of the camera view, obscured, or recorded with poor video quality, preventing accurate assessment of ictal behavioral responses to the clap stimulus
Severe lack of clinical data, loss to follow-up, or refusal/withdrawal of informed consent
