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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