[Reflex-motor asymmetries in clinical neurology (mechanisms, differentiation, and clinical evaluation)]

The neurological status of almost 7,000 patients aged 18 to 20 years, as well as of normal subjects under the conditions of long-time stay in bed was examined. In a considerable number of observations, reflector motor asymmetries pointing to prevailing insufficiently of the left hemisphere were revealed. A classification of the asymmetries is suggested and cliniconeurological characteristics of the variants of genital and acquired asymmetries are presented. Criteria for differentiating residual and actual, functional, morphological, and mixed asymmetries are offered, and the role of the reflector motor asymmetries in diagnosing diseases and evaluating the patients' working capacity is determined.