Static ataxia
In the former the ataxia is not influenced by closing the eyes; in the latter (the sensory impulses going up the posterior columns and medial fillet to the thalamus and post central cortex) shutting out visual afferent impulses going to the brain aggravates or brings out the ataxia. From a clinical study or postural body reflexes, I have concluded that the Rom berg sign may on occasion be interpreted as a loss of optic righting reflexes. (Read on …)