Sunday, October 29, 2017

Can rehabilitation improve the health and well-being in Friedreich’s ataxia: a randomized controlled trial?

Milne SC, Corben LA, Roberts M, Murphy A, Tai G, Georgiou-Karistianis N, Yiu EM, Delatycki MB; Clin Rehabil. 2017 Oct 1:269215517736903. doi: 10.1177/0269215517736903.

Our study indicates that rehabilitation can improve health and well-being in individuals with Friedreich’s ataxia; however, a larger study is required to have sufficient power to detect a significant change in the most sensitive measure of function, the motor domain of the Functional Independence Measure.