Hypermetry

Hypermetry is a movement disorder in which target movements are carried out too far. It's a form of dysmetria .

Hypermetria indicate a disease of the cerebellum or the cerebellar tracts and also cause a disruption of the movement sequence ( ataxia ) with sweeping movements.

Hypermetria of the upper extremity are tested in humans with the finger-nose experiment and the Bárány-pointing experiment , those of the lower extremity with the knee-heel experiment . In veterinary medicine, the hopping reaction is primarily carried out.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andres O. Ceballos-Baumann, Bastian Conrad: Movement disorders. 2nd Edition. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-13-155382-0 , p. 6.
2. ^ ^{A b} André Jaggy: Atlas and textbook of small animal neurology . Schlütersche, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8426-8519-2 .
3. ^ Karl F. Masuhr, Florian Masuhr, Marianne Neumann: Neurology. (= Dual row). 7th edition. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-13-151697-8 , p. 85.

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