Functional and Gait Assessment in Children and Adolescents Affected by Friedreich's Ataxia: A One-Year Longitudinal Study.

Friedreich's ataxia is the most common autosomal recessive form of neurodegenerative ataxia. We present a longitudinal study on the gait pattern of children and adolescents affected by Friedreich's ataxia using Gait Analysis and the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA). We...

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Main Authors: Gessica Vasco, Simone Gazzellini, Maurizio Petrarca, Maria Luisa Lispi, Alessandra Pisano, Marco Zazza, Gessica Della Bella, Enrico Castelli, Enrico Bertini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5012652?pdf=render