Ataxia Care Program. Our working hypothesis to form a comprehensive Neurological Restoration or Rehabilitation program to care for these disorders is based on these concepts, considering that only the combination of an effect of “mass” generated by the intensity of the stimulus with individualized treatment of all levels of involvement (multidisciplinary) has real possibilities of success.
The Neurological Restoration or Rehabilitation program includes a comprehensive evaluation to confirm or modify the diagnosis and the evaluation of the aggravating factors and the evolutionary profile that, together with the Individualization of the patient's functional commitment allows for the design of a more effective and tolerable therapeutic strategy, which usually includes modification of the pharmacological regimen, hygienic-dietary measures, specialized and multidisciplinary motor training that in Together they allow a high degree of recovery of the individual's motor abilities and functional independence.
The own development of these methods and technologies and the controlled introduction of some therapeutic agents have allowed the conception and validation of this comprehensive care program, applied by a team of qualified work for more than 5 years, achieving high recovery rates and a significant improvement in quality of life in more than 90% of the more than 100 patients treated with this technology.
The program includes an evaluation week during which a specialized clinical evaluation of cerebellar syndrome, a general clinical evaluation of the patient's health status, a quantification by international scales to measure neurological condition, motor capacity, functional capacity and quality of life, neurophysiological studies specialized in exploration of the motor system and perceptual motor integration, structural and functional imaging studies by techniques of Computed Axial Tomography, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Simple Photon Emission and biochemical and molecular studies.
This evaluation is complemented by a functional evaluation of the kinetics of movement and gait, spirometric, stabilometric, neuropsychological studies and the application of international instruments to determine the degree disability or objectify the neurological defect to be modified.
The information obtained by this comprehensive evaluation is analyzed collectively by specialists from various disciplines and a unique Neurological Restoration or Rehabilitation program is designed in stages, with specific objectives that are met. They are set according to the patient's possibilities and previously accumulated experience.
The Neurological Restoration or Rehabilitation program is carried out through therapeutic cycles of 4 weeks (28 days) that include hygienic-dietary measures to improve general condition, pharmacokinetic disorders, and neurological disorders. tics and the nutritional status of the patient, pharmacological adjustment to control the motor manifestations as much as possible and improve the trophic and nutritional support of the nervous system. At the same time, sleep disorders, appetite disorders, blood pressure disorders and other autonomic or mental alterations that usually coexist with the progression of the disease are controlled.
A comprehensive rehabilitation program is also developed that includes posture, gait and balance training, training of manipulative skills with language training and learning techniques, using feedback methods. ;n, specific motor learning, strengthening and/or stretching techniques and more efficient specific purpose training systems to stimulate neuroplastic capacities with the comprehensive objective of adapting the pattern of motor behavior and increase the individual's motor capabilities, especially for the execution of daily tasks.
It has been determined in a testor open clinic that the effectiveness of the comprehensive care program is 87% and the ranges of improvement obtained for motor capacity are approximately 23% and for functional capacity approximately 31%. In more than 100 patients treated to date, no complications, accidents or adverse events that compromise life or leave sequelae have been observed. The rate of adverse effects or transient complications is less than 3%.
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