Roberto Rodríguez-Labrada

TL;DR: The effects of EMG rectification in CMC and IMC estimation are examined in 20 spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 patients, 16 prodromal SCA2 gene mutation carriers, and 26 healthy controls during a repetitive upper or lower limb motor task.

TL;DR: The worldwide prevalence of SCAs is estimated near to 5-7 cases per 100 000 inhabitants but it can be higher in some regions due to foundational effects such as SCA2 in Holguin, Cuba and SCA3 in Azores islands, Portugal.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental and physical health of patients with cerebellar ataxias. And they found that depressive and anxiety symptoms were significantly and marginally increased in patients with severe and moderate ataxia, respectively.

TL;DR: The results showed that EMG rectification impairs the level of significance of the differences in corticomuscular and intermuscular coherence between SCA2 patients and prodromalSCA2 gene mutation carriers vs. healthy controls in the beta-band, and also results in overall lower coherence values.

TL;DR: Its usefulness in the treatment of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) has not been proven despite the fact that it is endogenously reduced in these patients.