Three-Week Video- and Home-Based Training Program for People with Ataxia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gait and balance impairment is a disabling clinical feature in people with degenerative cerebellar ataxia.

Objectives

We performed a rater-blinded, parallel 3-arm randomized controlled trial with delayed-start-design (exploratory proof-of-concept study) to assess whether, compared to control, people with mild/moderate hereditary ataxia benefit from additional video-based training with different frequencies, and how clinical characteristics interact with training success.

Methods

Digital gait/balance measures were assessed before and after a three-week video-based training program at home (Train20: 4 × 20min/week, n = 11; Train40: 2 × 40min/week, n = 11; control: standard medical care, n = 10). Group differences at baseline and changes over time were assesse

SUBMITTER: Rentz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12715367 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature