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Abnormal gait may indicate peripheral neuropathy, while a positive Romberg's test suggests involvement of the proprioceptive receptors and/or their pathway.

However, scores attained by the patients in both groups to perform Romberg's test and walking along a straight line were not significant.

Heel and toe walking and Romberg's test were unremarkable.

Findings on the standard Romberg's test were normal, but the patient experienced a marked amount of difficulty performing the sharpened tandem Romberg's test with the left foot forward and somewhat less difficulty with the right foot forward.

In his short story Love-o'-Women, published in 1893 in the collection Many Inventions, Kipling gives a clinically accurate description of tabes dorsalis and what is probably the only literary description of Romberg's test. Love-o'-Women was published when Kipling was 27, a year after he had married Caroline Balestier, an American woman, and moved to Dummerston, Vermont.

Findings on physical examination were normal except for a positive sharpened tandem Romberg's test with the left foot forward.

Clinical examination revealed an inability to perform the Romberg's test.

Clinical examination revealed that he had difficulty performing the sharpened tandem Romberg's test.