Key result
International workshop reviews current rehabilitation management and clinical outcome measures for spinal muscular atrophy.
Why the study?
A comprehensive review of rehabilitation management and clinical outcome measures for spinal muscular atrophy was needed to assess the current landscape.
This workshop report summarizes current practices and future directions for rehabilitation management and clinical outcome measures in spinal muscular atrophy.
Highlights expert consensus on SMA rehabilitation; leaves open prospective validation of outcome measures.
Twenty-one physical and occupational therapists from the USA and Europe (Italy, United Kingdom and Netherlands) met in Dallas, Texas USA on October 16 and 17, 2016. The purpose of this meeting was to review the current landscape of rehabilitation management and clinical outcome measures for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The workshop was organized into three sessions entitled: (1) Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Considerations; (2) SMA Clinical Outcome Measures; and (3) Rehabilitation Devices for Evaluation and Treatment. A closing session was included to summarize the meeting topics, next steps and proposed action items.
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Montes et al. (2017) studied Spinal muscular atrophy (n=21). A workshop of 21 international physical and occupational therapists reviewed the current landscape of rehabilitation management and clinical outcome measures for spinal muscular atrophy.
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