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Table 1 Participant characteristics and results of the SARA, BBS, and TUG tests

From: Gait training with a wearable curara® robot for cerebellar ataxia: a single-arm study

No

Disease type

Age (y)/sex

SARA scores

BBS scores

TUG tests

Day 0

Day 14

Day 0

Day 14

Day 0

Day 14

1

SCA6

45/M

14.0

12.5

30

34

21.4

24.5

2

IDCA

77/M

9.5

7.5

44

53

18.6

11.0

3

MSA-C

65/F

5.0

3.5

51

53

12.6

10.2

4

IDCA

56/F

8.0

8.0

45

45

15.1

13.8

5

ADCA

57/F

7.5

7.0

49

51

6.8

8.3

6

SCA6

51/F

8.0

8.0

39

44

14.5

13.4

7

MSA-C

48/M

13.0

12.0

35

36

28.4

19.0

8

SCA6

61/F

13.5

12.0

35

40

25.1

22.7

9

MSA-C

72/F

13.5

11.5

33

39

26.5

20.6

10

SCA36

57/M

14.5

14.5

45

44

34.1

25.1

11

MSA-C

74/F

10.5

14.0

36

41

16.5

16.4

12

SCA31

72/M

19.5

21.0

34

19

43.1

32.4

13

SCA31

63/M

9.0

8.5

49

52

13.2

11.4

14

SCA2

50/F

11.0

11.0

37

40

14.1

12.3

15

IDCA

69/M

14.0

14.5

42

43

17.8

14.5

16

ADCA

69/F

2.0

2.0

53

54

10.2

8.9

17

ADCA

75/F

9.0

13.0

45

50

18.9

16.1

18

MSA-C

69/F

10.0

9.0

36

37

19.3

17.1

Mean ± SD

10.6 ± 4.0

10.5 ± 4.4

41.0 ± 6.9

43.1 ± 8.7

19.8 ± 8.9*

16.5 ± 6.5*

  1. ADCA autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia without genetic testing, BBS Berg Balance Scale, IDCA idiopathic cerebellar ataxia, MSA-C multiple system atrophy with predominant cerebellar ataxia, SARA Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia, SCA spinocerebellar ataxia, SD standard deviation, TUG timed up and go
  2. *Statistically significant difference