Dysmetria

Classification according to ICD-10
R27.8	Other and unspecified coordination disorders
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Dysmetria is a disorder of voluntary movement processes, especially when the cerebellum and associated conduction pathways are damaged in the context of cerebellar ataxia . Incorrect programming of movement sequences results in movements that are either set too short ( hypometry ) or overshoot the target ( hypermetry ) (reaching wrong).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thews, Mutschler, Vaupel: Anatomie, Physiologie, Pathophysiologie des Menschen, 5th edition . Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1999.

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