Table 1.
Participants’ group, age at baseline (T0), diagnosis, and SARA items and total scores. The horizontal line separates the data obtained from participants in the IG and CG.
| Group | Pt. | Age at T0 (Years) | Sex | Diagnosis | SARA Scores | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gait | Stance | Sitting | Speech Disturbance | Finger Chase | Nose-Finger Test | Fast Alternating Hand Movements | Heel-Shin Slide | SARA Total Score | |||||
| IG | 1 | 14.9 | F | Non-genetic ataxia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 10.2 | M | Joubert’s ataxia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | 10 | F | ARCA2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| 4 | 8.6 | M | ARCA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4 | |
| 5 | 15.5 | F | ARCA2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 6 | 9.5 | F | Friedreich’s ataxia * | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| 7 | 8.5 | M | Friedreich’s ataxia * | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 8 | 16.9 | F | Friedreich’s ataxia * | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 9 | |
| 9 | 10.5 | F | ARSACS * | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2 | 10.5 | |
| CG | 10 | 17.2 | F | Non-genetic ataxia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | 15.5 | F | Joubert’s ataxia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 | 11.2 | M | Joubert’s ataxia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 13 | 10.4 | M | ARCA2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 | |
| 14 | 7.7 | M | ARCA2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 15 | |
| 15 | 9 | F | Friedreich’s ataxia * | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 15 | |
| 16 | 12.6 | F | Friedreich’s ataxia * | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 7.5 | |
| 17 | 15.4 | M | Friedreich’s ataxia * | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| 18 | 5.1 | F | Ataxia telangiectasia * | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
Abbreviation list: IG = Intervention Group; CG = Control Group; Pt. = Participants; M = Male; F = Female; ARCA2 = Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia 2; ARSACS = Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay; SARA = Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia. *: progressive ataxia.