Home Training for Cerebellar Ataxias: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Clinical practice guidelines advise balance training for cerebellar ataxia, but little is known regarding high-intensity aerobic exercise.

Objective

To compare home high-intensity aerobic training to home balance training on improvements of ataxia symptoms using the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA).

Design, setting, and participants

This assessor-masked randomized clinical trial was conducted between January 1, 2021, and September 1, 2024, through home training, with in-person assessments at a single ataxia care center in a large urban US city. Individuals with various cerebellar ataxia types were eligible for inclusion. Data analysis was performed from November 2024 to February 2025.

Interventions

Individuals in the aerobic group

SUBMITTER: Barbuto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12434599 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature