Table 1.
Subject characteristics
| ICARS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sex | Age, yr | DH | Hand Fine Touch, g | Diagnosis | Total (/100) | Kinetic (/52) |
| CB1 | M | 61 | R | 0.16 | SCA 6/8 | 66 | 25 |
| CB2 | F | 66 | R | 0.07 | ADCA III | 54 | 18 |
| CB3 | M | 63 | R | 0.40 | ADCA III | 19 | 6 |
| CB4 | M | 80 | R | 0.16 | ADCA III | 45 | 23 |
| CB5 | M | 76 | R | 0.16 | Sporadic | 34 | 8 |
| CB6 | M | 43 | L | 0.04 | SCA 8 | 59 | 22 |
| CB7 | M | 53 | R | 0.40 | SCA 7 | 49 | 15 |
| CB8 | F | 64 | R | 0.16 | SCA 6 | 39 | 19 |
| CB9 | M | 63 | L | 0.16 | SCA 6 | 13 | 4 |
| CB group | F = 2/9 | 63.2 ± 11.0 | L = 2 | 0.19 ± 0.13 | 42.0 ± 17.7 | 15.6 ± 7.8 | |
| OC group | F = 3/9 | 59.8 ± 9.6 | L = 0 | 0.23 ± 0.13 | |||
| YC group 1 | F = 6/10 | 25.9 ± 4.3 | L = 0 | ||||
| YC group 2 | F = 6/10 | 25.4 ± 5.0 | L = 0 | ||||
Group data are means ± SD. CB, cerebellar patient; OC, older control subject; YC, younger control subject; M, male; F, female; DH, dominant hand; R, right; L, left; g, grams; ADCA, autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type III; SCA, spinocerebellar ataxia types 6, 7, and 8; Sporadic, sporadic adult-onset cerebellar ataxia; ICARS, International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale.