Cerebellar ataxia rehabilitation trial in XXXX .

@entity1 @entity2746 @entity76 @entity2055
OBJECTIVE: To investigate short- and long-term effects of intensive rehabilitation on @entity2055 , gait, and activities of daily living (ADLs) in @entity1 with @entity76 . METHODS: A total of 42 @entity1 with @entity2746 were randomly assigned to the immediate group or the delayed-entry control group. The immediate group received 2 hours of inpatient physical and occupational therapy, focusing on coordination, balance, and ADLs, on weekdays and 1 hour on weekends for 4 weeks. The control group received the same intervention after a 4-week delay. Short-term outcome was compared between the immediate and control groups. Long-term evaluation was done in both groups at 4, 12, and 24 weeks after the intervention. Outcome measures included the assessment and rating of @entity2055 , Functional Independence Measure, gait speed, cadence, functional ambulation category, and number of falls. RESULTS: The immediate group showed significantly greater functional gains in @entity2055 , gait speed, and ADLs than the control group. Improvement of truncal @entity2055 . The gains in @entity2055 and gait were sustained at 12 weeks and 24 weeks, respectively. At least 1 measure was better than at baseline at 24 weeks in 22 @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: Short-term benefit of intensive rehabilitation was evident in @entity1 with @entity76 . Although functional status tended to decline to the baseline level within 24 weeks, gains were maintained in more than half of the @entity1 .
