Citation

van de Warrenburg BPC, Steijns JA, Munneke M, Kremer BP, Bloem BR. Mov. Disord. 2005; 20(4): 497-500.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Movement Disorders Society, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/mds.20375

PMID

15645525

Abstract

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.