Week 4- Neurolocalisation using gait and posture

Question 1

What is ataxia?

Answer 1

Incoordination or loss of balance due to
weakness
* Incoordination or loss of balance due to
poor control of muscle

Question 2

What is vestibular ataxia?

Answer 2

Dysfunction of
reflex pathways of
the vestibular
system that
maintain eye, head
and body position

Question 3

What is cerebellar ataxia?

Answer 3

Failure to
integrate
multimodal
neural
information to
ensure
movements are
smooth and
adjusted in a
timely fashion

Question 4

What is proprioceptive ataxia?

Answer 4

Loss of
(conscious)
proprioceptive
information from
muscle spindles
and joint and
cutaneous
receptors