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The Romberg test is a test of the body's sense of positioning (proprioception), which requires healthy functioning of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord. [1] The Romberg test is used to investigate the cause of loss of motor coordination . A positive Romberg test suggests that the ataxia is sensory in nature, that is, depending on loss of ...
Tabes dorsalis. Tabes dorsalis is a late consequence of neurosyphilis, characterized by the slow degeneration (specifically, demyelination) of the neural tracts primarily in the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord (nerve root). These patients have lancinating nerve root pain which is aggravated by coughing, and features of sensory ataxia ...
Sensory ataxia is both a symptom and a sign in neurology. It is a form of ataxia (loss of coordination) caused not by cerebellar dysfunction but by loss of sensory input into the control of movement. [citation needed] Sensory ataxia is distinguished from cerebellar ataxia by the presence of near-normal coordination when the movement is visually ...
Ataxia (from Greek α- [a negative prefix] + -τάξις [order] = "lack of order") is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that can include gait abnormality, speech changes, and abnormalities in eye movements, that indicates dysfunction of parts of the nervous system that coordinate movement, such as the cerebellum.
Truncal ataxia. Truncal ataxia (or trunk ataxia) is a wide-based "drunken sailor" gait characterised by uncertain starts and stops, lateral deviations and unequal steps. It is an instability of the trunk and often seen during sitting. [2] It is most visible when shifting position or walking heel-to-toe.
Moritz Heinrich Romberg (11 November 1795 – 16 June 1873) was a German physician and neurologist who published a classic multi-volume textbook between 1840 and 1846. [1] Considered a pioneer of neurology, he was the first to describe Romberg's sign, a medical sign of impaired proprioception in a patient. Romberg was born in Meiningen, a town ...
Howship–Romberg sign. Howship–Romberg sign. Differential diagnosis. obturator hernia. The Howship–Romberg sign is inner thigh pain on internal rotation of the hip. It can be caused by an obturator hernia. [1][2][3] It is named for John Howship and Moritz Heinrich Romberg. [4][5][6]
The symptoms of endolymphatic hydrops include the feeling of pressure or fullness in the ears, hearing loss, tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and balance problems. Individuals who have Ménière's disease have a degree of endolymphatic hydrops that is strong enough to trigger the symptoms of this disease, but individuals with endolymphatic ...