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Falls in degenerative cerebellar ataxias

✍ Scribed by Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg; Janneke A.G. Steijns; Marten Munneke; Berry P.H. Kremer; Bastiaan R. Bloem

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
90 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We retrospectively and prospectively assessed the frequency and characteristics of falls in patients with degenerative cerebellar ataxias. The results show that falls occur very frequently in patients with degenerative cerebellar ataxias and that these falls are serious and often lead to injuries or a fear of falling. Clinicians should be aware of this problem in ataxia patients and should try to prevent falls. © 2005 Movement Disorder Society

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