RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Clinical assessment of the sensory ataxias; diagnostic algorithm with illustrative cases
JF Practical Neurology
JO Pract Neurol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 242
OP 251
DO 10.1136/practneurol-2013-000764
VO 14
IS 4
A1 S K Chhetri
A1 D Gow
A1 S Shaunak
A1 A Varma
YR 2014
UL http://pn.bmj.com/content/14/4/242.abstract
AB Ataxia is a common neurological syndrome resulting from cerebellar, vestibular or sensory disorders. The recognition and characterisation of sensory ataxia remains a challenge. Cerebellar ataxia is the more common and easier to identify; sensory ataxia is often mistaken for cerebellar ataxia, leading to diagnostic errors and delays. A coherent aetiological work-up is only possible if clinicians initially recognise sensory ataxia. We discuss ways to separate sensory from cerebellar ataxia, the causes of sensory ataxia and the clinico-neurophysiological syndromes causing the sensory ataxia syndromes. We summarise a logical tiered approach as a diagnostic algorithm.