Purpose of Romberg’s Test: To determine if there is a lesion in the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway (also called as dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway – that conducts sensations such as fine touch, two-point discrimination, vibration and position sense (proprioception) from the skin and joints to the postcentral gyrus of the cerebral cortex) (1). The axons of this pathway cross midline in the medulla, called as internal arcuate … Continue reading Romberg’s Test