%0 Journal Article
%A Fonteyn, E. M. R.
%A Schmitz-Hübsch, T.
%A Verstappen, C. C. P.
%A Baliko, L.
%A Bloem, B. R.
%A Boesch, S.
%A Bunn, L.
%A Giunti, P.
%A Globas, C.
%A Klockgether, T.
%A Melegh, B.
%A Pandolfo, M.
%A Schöls, L.
%A Timmann, D.
%A van de Warrenburg, B. P. C.
%T Prospective analysis of falls in dominant ataxias.
%J European neurology
%V 69
%N 1
%@ 1421-9913
%C Basel
%I Karger
%M DZNE-2020-03051
%P 53-57
%D 2013
%X In a previous retrospective study, we demonstrated that falls are common and often injurious in dominant spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) and that nonataxia features play an important role in these falls. Retrospective surveys are plagued by recall bias for the presence and details of prior falls. We therefore sought to corroborate and extend these retrospective findings by means of a prospective extension of this fall study. 113 patients with SCA1, SCA2, SCA3 or SCA6, recruited from the EuroSCA natural history study, were asked to keep a fall diary in between their annual visits to the participating centres. Additionally, patients completed a detailed questionnaire about the first three falls, to identify specific fall circumstances. Relevant disease characteristics were retrieved from the EuroSCA registry. 84.1
%K Accidental Falls: statistics & numerical data
%K Adult
%K Aged
%K Aged, 80 and over
%K Female
%K Humans
%K Longitudinal Studies
%K Male
%K Middle Aged
%K Prevalence
%K Prospective Studies
%K Spinocerebellar Ataxias: complications
%K Spinocerebellar Ataxias: epidemiology
%K Spinocerebellar Ataxias: genetics
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:23146840
%R 10.1159/000342907
%U https://pub.dzne.de/record/136729