Romberg's sign

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• Romberg's sign — Rom·berg s sign or Rom·berg sign räm .bərg(z) n a diagnostic sign of tabes dorsalis and other diseases of the nervous system consisting of a swaying of the body when the feet are placed close together and the eyes are closed Rom·berg rȯm berk… …   Medical dictionary

• Romberg's sign — a finding on examination suggesting a sensory disorder affecting those nerves that transmit information to the brain about the position of the limbs and joints and the tension in the muscles. The patient is asked to stand upright. Romberg s sign… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Romberg's test — is a neurological test that is used to assess the dorsal columns of the spinal cord,cite journal |author=Khasnis A, Gokula R |title=Romberg s test |journal=Journal of postgraduate medicine |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=169–72 |year=2003… …   Wikipedia

• Romberg's test — or Romberg test n a test for the presence of Romberg s sign by placing the feet close together and closing the eyes …   Medical dictionary

• Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… …   Medical dictionary

• ROMBERG, MORITZ HEINRICH — (1795–1873), German neurologist, born in Meiningen. He made fundamental contributions in the field of neuropathology. His Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten des Menschen (1846) is considered to be the first systematic textbook in the field of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Симптом Ромберга (Romberg'S Sign) — симптом, по наличию которого можно определить сенсорное расстройство, связанное с поражением у человека нервов, по которым в головной мозг поступает информация о положении конечностей, суставов и мышечном тонусе, или нарушение функции мозжечка,… …   Медицинские термины

• Romberg disease (trophoneurosis) sign (test) spasm — Rom·berg disease (trophoneurosis), sign (test), spasm (romґbərg) [Moritz Heinrich Romberg, German physician, 1795–1873] see facial hemiatrophy, under hemiatrophy, and see under sign and spasm …   Medical dictionary

• romberg sign — ˈrämˌbərg noun Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: after Moritz H. Romberg died 1873 German neurologist : a diagnostic sign of locomotor ataxia and other diseases of the nervous system consisting of a swaying of the body when the feet are… …   Useful english dictionary

• Romberg sign — swaying of the body or falling when standing with the feet close together and the eyes closed; the result of loss of joint position sense, seen in tabes dorsalis and other diseases affecting the posterior columns. Called also rombergism and… …   Medical dictionary

• Romberg — Moritz H., German physician, 1795–1873. See R. test, R. disease, facial hemiatrophy of R., R. syndrome, R. sign …   Medical dictionary