Possible cerebellar ataxia
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 10:21 pm
Interesting case, about 7 yrs old lab/sharpei mix, FS. The owner rescued her about 5 years ago. she already had neurologic symptoms, she has not changed since then, there is no progression on the neurologic deficits.
She walks with a wide stance on the back legs, she is ataxic, with no coordination and hyper metric gait. She does loses balance when she is shaking her head almost to the point of falling. When you do a 3 leg standing with any of her legs, she falls and unable to hold herself up. When going upstairs or downstairs and stops at the step for a while like not knowing what to do and then she jumps down or does an exaggerated step.
She is bale to walk and move around pretty good by herself, but when you do the ttouch bandage, she lies down and is unable to walk.
There is a lot of atrophy on both right and left triceps muscles.
She had an examination with an ophthalmologist few years ago and he told the owner the eyes were all right, that he thought it was cerebellar hypoplasia.
Have anybody has done rehab o similar case? I am thinking on doing proprioception exercises, any suggestions?
She walks with a wide stance on the back legs, she is ataxic, with no coordination and hyper metric gait. She does loses balance when she is shaking her head almost to the point of falling. When you do a 3 leg standing with any of her legs, she falls and unable to hold herself up. When going upstairs or downstairs and stops at the step for a while like not knowing what to do and then she jumps down or does an exaggerated step.
She is bale to walk and move around pretty good by herself, but when you do the ttouch bandage, she lies down and is unable to walk.
There is a lot of atrophy on both right and left triceps muscles.
She had an examination with an ophthalmologist few years ago and he told the owner the eyes were all right, that he thought it was cerebellar hypoplasia.
Have anybody has done rehab o similar case? I am thinking on doing proprioception exercises, any suggestions?