The Use of Assistive Gait Devices Can Reduce the Risk of Falls in Patients With Neuromuscular Diseases Following a Training Period.

Conditions: Inclusion Body Myositis; Myotonic Dystrophy 1; Myotonic Dystrophy 2; Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy; Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies; Pompe Disease (Infantile-Onset); Myasthaenia Gravis; Lambert Eaton (LEMS); Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA); Guillain Barré Syndrome; Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy; Friedreich Ataxia; Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies Interventions: Device: Assistive gait devices combined with physiotherapy Sponsors: LMU Klinikum 

Enrolling by invitation 

Last Update Posted 2025-07-18

The planned project is an intervention study to assess the risk of falling after adaptation of an assistive gait devices in patients with the following neuromuscular diseases: Inclusion body myositis, myotonic dystrophy, limb girdle and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophies, Pompe disease, Lambert-Eaton syndrome, myasthenia gravis, spinal muscular atrophy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, Friedreich's ataxia and hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy

The Use of Assistive Gait Devices Can Reduce the Risk of Falls in Patients With Neuromuscular Diseases Following a Training Period.