Tips. The pile squat is effective if you can achieve proper form and a complete range of motion. A lack of flexibility in the ankles will affect your form. To correct this, stand with your heels on two small blocks. The floor may limit your range of motion.
OTHER FORMS OF HYDROCEPHALUS. Hydrocephalus ex vacuo: dilatation of the cerebral ventricles due to loss of brain tissue. This is a common sequel of wasting brain diseases (leukodystrophies, multiple sclerosis, multiple strokes, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, etc.).
Hydrocephalus in patients with brain atrophy (Hydrocephalus ex-vacuo) 1  There is shrinkage of brain substance and as a consequence the ventricles dilate. 2  The CSF pressure remains normal. 3  Symptoms are related to brain shrinkage and not due to hydrocephalus.