ArticleRehabilitation research and practice2018
Partial Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Training in Spinocerebellar Ataxia.
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- Home Training for Cerebellar Ataxias: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA neurology · 2025Trial
- Phase I randomized single-blinded controlled study investigating the potential benefit of aerobic exercise in degenerative cerebellar disease.Clinical rehabilitation · 2020Trial
- What are the Key Challenges Faced by Spinocerebellar Degeneration and Multiple System Atrophy Patients in Daily Life?: Insights from a Comprehensive Questionnaire Survey in Japan.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Article
- Dietary and lifestyle interventions for the management of hereditary ataxias.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of Partial Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Training on Various Outcomes in Different Contexts among Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Endurance exercise ameliorates phenotypes ineLife · 2022Article
- The protective role of exercise against age-related neurodegeneration.Ageing research reviews · 2022Review
- Cognitive Dysfunction in Repeat Expansion Diseases: A Review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Review
- Exercise Training and Neurodegeneration in Mitochondrial Disorders: Insights From the Harlequin Mouse.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Treadmill training increases the motor activity and neuron survival of the cerebellum in a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
background and purposeThe motor impairments related to gait and balance have a huge impact on the life of individuals with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA). Here, the aim was to assess the possibility of retraining gait, improving cardiopulmonary capacity, and challenging balance during gait in SCA using a partial body weight support (BWS) and a treadmill. Also, the effects of this training over functionality and quality of life were investigated.
methodsEight SCA patients were engaged in the first stage of the study that focused on gait training and cardiovascular conditioning. From those, five took part in a second stage of the study centered on dynamic balance training during gait. The first and second stages lasted 8 and 10 weeks, respectively, both comprising sessions of 50 min (2 times per week).
resultsThe results showed that gait training using partial BWS significantly increased gait performance, treadmill inclination, duration of exercise, and cardiopulmonary capacity in individuals with SCA. After the second stage, balance improvements were also found.
conclusionCombining gait training and challenging tasks to the postural control system in SCA individuals is viable, well tolerated by patients with SCA, and resulted in changes in capacity for walking and balance.
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