Oral mobility reflects rate of progression in advanced Friedreich's ataxia.
Ann Clin Transl Neurol
; 6(9): 1888-1892, 2019 09.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31448573
ABSTRACT
Our objective was to identify a sensitive marker of disease progression in Friedreich's ataxia. We prospectively evaluated speech, voice, and oromotor function in 40 patients at two timepoints. The mean disease duration was 20.8 ± 9.8 years and mean SARA score 23.7 ± 8.6 at baseline. Oral motor mobility, assessed by a combination of movements of the face, eyes, cheeks, lips, and tongue, decreased significantly after 1 year (P < 0.0001). The standardized response mean over 12 months was considered as large for oral mobility (1.26) but small for SARA (0.12). Oral mobility could therefore be a sensitive marker in therapeutic trials.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Friedreich Ataxia
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Range of Motion, Articular
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Facial Muscles
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Year:
2019
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Article