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  • epilepsy
    nervous system disease
    / Coordination

    Tests employed to assess cerebellar function in the limbs include asking the subject to touch, successively, the physician’s finger held before him and his own nose, to run one heel down the opposite shin, or to perform piano-playing movements with the fingers. The patient…

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    Tests employed to assess cerebellar function in the limbs include asking the subject to touch, successively, the physician’s finger held before him and his own nose, to run one heel down the opposite shin, or to perform piano-playing movements with the fingers. The patient…

    Read More