Table 69.2Localization of Cerebellar Symptoms

DisturbanceLocalization
Limb ataxia (especially upper limbs) and hypotoniaLateral lobes
Disturbed equilibrium—truncal ataxia: drunken gait, titubation of head and trunkFlocculonodular lobe
Gait ataxia: inability to do tandem walkingAnterior lobe

From: Chapter 69, The Cerebellum

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Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations. 3rd edition.
Walker HK, Hall WD, Hurst JW, editors.
Boston: Butterworths; 1990.
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