Efficiency of a 3-week multicomponent rehabilitation on improving the function in a patient with Friedreich’s ataxia: A case report

Introduction. Friedreich?s ataxia (FA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease. Ataxia, as the cardinal symptom, affects trunk, with swaying, imbalance, and falls, well limbs, increasing difficulty in activities of daily living. Physical therapy has been recognized a means managing physical symptoms maximizing function affected persons. To our knowledge, there are no studies that have evaluated effectiveness proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stabilization techniques rehabilitation patients such diagnosis. Case report. We present 26-year-old female FA who had severe truncal limb ataxia, speech difficulty, poor walking ability. During three-week rehabilitation, individually tailored program based on PNF was applied. The implemented resulted overall functional improvement. reduction registered according to Scale for Assessment Rating Ataxia (SARA). Functional Independence Measure (FIM) instrument ? component locomotion, revealed greater independence walking. Conclusion. A may reduce improve ability FA.