2005/01/11 by Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg, Janneke A.G. Steijns, Marten Munneke +2 · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases #Mitochondrial Function and Pathology #Neurological and metabolic disorders
paper · doi:10.1002/mds.20375
openalex publication_date 2005/01/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
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.