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Interlimb coordination deficits during cyclic movements in cerebellar hemiataxia

From the Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience (Dr. Bracewell), University of Wales, Bangor; and Behavioural and Brain Sciences Centre (Drs. Bracewell, Balasubramaniam, and Wing), University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK. Dr. Balasubramaniam is now at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. R.M. Bracewell, Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Wales, Brigantia Building, Penrallt Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2AS, UK; e-mail: m.bracewell{at}bangor.ac.uk

The authors report a 35-year-old man whose unilateral cerebellar lesion resulted in marked deficits in coordinating simultaneous cyclic movements of the arm and leg on his ipsilesional side. He exhibited no such deficits when making simultaneous movements of the contralesional limbs or when moving paired left and right limbs. Thus, the cerebellum, which is already known to underlie within-limb interjoint coordination, also contributes to coordination between limbs.