Procedure for the quantitative evaluation of motor disturbances in cerebellar ataxic patients

@article{Ferrarin2006ProcedureFT,
  title={Procedure for the quantitative evaluation of motor disturbances in cerebellar ataxic patients},
  author={Maurizio Ferrarin and Maira Gironi and Laura Mendozzi and Raffaello Nemni and Paolo Mazzoleni and Marco Rabuffetti},
  journal={Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing},
  year={2006},
  volume={43},
  pages={349-356}
}
Cerebellar ataxia is a complex motor disturbance that involves the planning and execution of movements and reduces movement accuracy and co-ordination. The quantification of ataxic signs is commonly realised through visual examination of motor tasks performed by the patient and assignment of scores to specific items composing the international co-operative ataxia rating scale (ICARS). The present work studied an experimental procedure to characterise specific aspects of motor disturbances in… 
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