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Record 1 2001-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Motor incoordination such that movements overreach their target, as seen in cerebellar dysfunction.

OBS

This can be noted in spontaneous movements but is often more obvious in actions rapidly executed on command, as in the finger-nose test or the heel-knee test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Signe du syndrome cérébelleux qui se traduit par un trouble de la coordination des mouvements qui sont exagérés et dépassent le but fixé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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