Cerebellar Disease Flashcards
1
Q
What do you observe for?
A
- gait
- sit in chair with arms folded (truncal ataxia)
- walk heel to toe (ataxic gait)
- stand upright
- rombergs (sensory ataxia)
2
Q
What do you look for in the face?
A
- nystagmus
- slurring of speech
3
Q
What do you look for in the upper limb?
A
- hypotonia
- poor co-ordiation (finger nose, dysdiadokinesia)
- pronator drift
4
Q
What do you look for in the lower limb?
A
- hypotonia
- heel shin test
