ARTERIOSCLEROTIC MUSCULAR RIGIDITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GAIT DISTURBANCES
Clinico-Anatomic Study of Two Cases
WALTER L. BRUETSCH M.D.1, and
CLIFFORD L. WILLIAMS M.D.2
1 The Research Department, Central State Hospital, Indianapolis.
2 The Division of Mental Health, State of Indiana.
The syndrome of arteriosclerotic muscular rigidity results from a partial involvement of various systems (fronto-ponto-cerebellar tract, pyramidal and extrapyramidal system), rather than from an affection of 1 or 2 special cerebral centers.