SynthesisJournal of neurology2014
The effectiveness of allied health care in patients with ataxia: a systematic review.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Investigating the Clinical Significance and Research Discrepancies of Balance Training in Degenerative Cerebellar Disease: A Systematic Review.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation · 2020Pooled it
- Exercise and Physical Therapy Interventions for Children with Ataxia: A Systematic Review.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2019Pooled it
- Differential Effects of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation with Gait Training on Functional Mobility, Balance, and Ataxia Symptoms.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2024Trial
- Tai Chi for Dynamic Balance Training Among Individuals with Cerebellar Ataxia: An Assessor-Blinded Randomized-Controlled Trial.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2022Trial
- Effects of Physical Rehabilitation in Patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2019Trial
- Early and Progressive Spinal Cord Atrophy in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026Article
- Impact of rehabilitation on quality of life in patients with degenerative cerebellar ataxias using structural equation modeling.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Use of the EXOPULSE Mollii for severe ataxia in an adult male 4 months after cardiac arrest.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- Effectiveness and cost of integrated cognitive and balance training for balance and falls in cerebellar ataxia: a blinded two-arm parallel group RCT.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Overview of the Clinical Approach to Individuals With Cerebellar Ataxia and Neuropathy.Neurology. Genetics · 2022Review
- Pallidal degenerations and related disorders: an update.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2022Review
- A curtailed task for quantitative evaluation of visuomotor adaptation in the head-mounted display virtual reality environment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Case Report: Late-Onset Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia Associated WithFrontiers in genetics · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of Robotic Exoskeleton-Assisted Gait Training in Spinocerebellar Ataxia: A Case Report.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Proposing a Core Outcome Set for Physical Activity and Exercise Interventions in People With Rare Neurological Conditions.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2021Article
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Many patients with cerebellar ataxia have serious disabilities in daily life, while pharmacological treatment options are absent. Therefore, allied health care is considered to be important in the management of these patients. The goal of this review is to evaluate scientific evidence for allied health care in cerebellar ataxia, to identify effective treatment strategies, and to give recommendations for clinical practice and further research. A systematic search for clinical trials concerning allied health care in cerebellar ataxias was conducted using the electronic databases of PubMed, Medline, Embase, Cinahl and Pedro, and references lists of articles, in the time period from 1980 up to and including December 2011 in English and Dutch. We identified 14 trials, of which the four best studies were formally of moderate methodological quality. There was a wide variation in disease entities and interventions. The combined data indicate that physical therapy may lead to an improvement of ataxia symptoms and daily life functions in patients with degenerative cerebellar ataxia (level 2), and in other diseases causing cerebellar ataxia (level 3). When added to physical therapy, occupational therapy might improve global functional status, and occupational therapy alone may diminish symptoms of depression (level 3). There are insufficient data for speech and language therapy. Despite the widespread use of allied health care interventions in cerebellar ataxia, there is a lack of good quality studies that have evaluated such interventions. We found some support for the implementation of physical therapy and occupational therapy, but more research is needed to develop recommendations for clinical practice.
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