QUANTIFICATION OF POSTURAL SWAY IN NORMALS AND PATIENTS WITH CEREBELLAR DISEASES
QUANTIFICATION OF POSTURAL SWAY IN NORMALS AND PATIENTS WITH CEREBELLAR DISEASES
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DOI:
10.1016/0013-4694(84)90172-x
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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GOMPF, B
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作者:
DIENER, HC;DICHGANS, J;GOMPF, B
Posturography was performed in 41 patients with cerebellar diseases by means of a force measuring platform using an on-line computer program which calculated sway path, sway area, antero-posterior and lateral sway components and the amount of visual stabilization. Postural ataxia was quantitatively studied in 8 patients with spinal ataxia (Friedreich''s), 6 patients with vestibulo-cerebellar lesions, 11 patients with anterior lobe atrophy, 7 patients with hemispheral cerebellar lesions and 9 patients with a disease affecting all parts of the cerebellum. Patients with lesions of the cerebellar hemispheres could not be separated from normals by means of posturography. Lesions of the spino-cerebellar afferents (Friedreich''s ataxia) caused an omnidirectional low frequency sway with preserved visual stabilization. Patients with anterior lobe atrophy showed a predominant antero-posterior sway, often with a spontaneous high frequency body tremor around 3 Hz. Vestibulo-cerebellar lesions exhibited omnidirectional low frequency sway poorly stabilized by vision. Quantitative posturography helps to localize cerebellar lesions and allows for quantitative follow-up studies of cerebellar diseases.