Comparing the Effects of Aerobic Training and Circuit Training on Disease Severity in Ataxic Patients

The word ataxia is used to describe more specifically the incoordination of movement disorder. It basically occurs after damage to our sensory system, cerebellum or it's connections. There are many conditions that can cause ataxia like stroke, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, brain tumor, certain medications or genetic diseases. Conventional training does help but scarce in reducing disease severity while aerobic training helps in reducing overall disease severity of ataxic patients and finally, circuit training helps in improving symptoms as well. The main purpose of this study was to determine which treatment plan is more beneficial for ataxic patients; weather aerobic or circuit training. For this purpose, a randomized clinical trial was carried out with 18 patients (9 patients in each group). Time duration for this study was approximately four months where data collection took almost one month. Data was calculated from Allied hospital. Assessment and examination were carried out using Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) and Functional staging for ataxia giving pre and post values. Data was analyzed statistically through SPSS 20. The study showed that significant improvement was found in both groups in both variables while aerobic training group was slightly superior to circuit training group in terms of efficacy.