Un estabilizador propioceptivo portátil para la rehabilitación de las extremidades y la ataxia de la marcha en ataxias cerebelosas hereditarias: Estudio piloto abierto
Fuente, 4 de enero de 2017
Resumen
El objetivo de este estudio piloto es poner a prueba la viabilidad y la eficacia de un estabilizador propioceptivo portátil que emite vibraciones mecánicas focales en pacientes afectados por ataxias cerebelosas hereditarias.
Se pidió a once pacientes adultos con un diagnóstico genético confirmado de ataxia espinocerebelosa autosómica dominante o de ataxia de Friedreich que llevar un dispositivo activo durante 3 semanas.
Las evaluaciones se llevaron a cabo al inicio, después del uso del dispositivo ( T 1), y 3 semanas después de ( T 2). SARA, 9-HPT, PATA, 6MWT, y los parámetros espaciales y temporales de la marcha, medidos con un sensor inercial BTS-G-Walk, se utilizaron como criterios de valoración del estudio.
Como era de esperar, no se observaron efectos adversos. Estadísticamente se observaron mejoras significativas entre T 0 y T 1 en SARA, 9HPT, prueba de PATA, 6MWT, en la cadencia, duración del ciclo, ciclo de apoyo derecho, ciclo de apoyo izquierdo, ciclo de doble apoyo derecho, ciclo de doble apoyo izquierdo, ciclo de único apoyo derecho, y en el ciclo de apoyo individual izquierdo.
Todos los parámetros mejoraron en T 1 no se mostraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en T 2, con la excepción de la duración del ciclo.
Este pequeño estudio abierto muestra una evidencia preliminar de que la vibración mecánica focal ejercida por un estabilizador propioceptivo portátil podría mejorar la ataxia de las extremidades y de la marcha en pacientes afectados por ataxias cerebelosas hereditarias.
Palabras clave
Ataxias cerebelosas hereditarias, ataxia de la marcha, Neurorehabilitación, vibraciones mecánicas Focales
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