cerebellar signs
Last reviewed 10/2023
These are signs which occur with cerebellar disease:
- intention tremor
- past-pointing - pointing beyond the finger in the finger-nose test
- dysdiadochokinesis - this feature is shown when the patient is slow and uneven in attempting fast hand movements, e.g. tapping the right hand fast on the back of the left hand
- nystagmus - coarse and slow; worst on looking to the side of the lesion
- truncal ataxia - tends to fall on the same side
- rhombergism
- hypotonia and pendular reflexes
A fuller description of these features and their cause is given in the 'clinical features of cerebellar disease' section.