Effects of Rehabilitative Therapy in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Authors

  • Andrea Dincher Institute for Sports Sciences, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany and Sports Sciences Institute, Saarland University, Germany.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/namms/v4/5764E

Keywords:

Charcot-marie-tooth, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, rehabilitation, orthoses, exercise therapy

Abstract

Background: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is not yet curable. Symptoms are treated with splints/ orthoses or with physical exercise therapy. So this chapter aims to present the existing methods and their effectivity.

Methods: The existing reviews and meta-analyses are summarized and their findings (only RCTs) are shown as standardized mean differences SMD in forest plots, sorted by symptoms.

Results: Effect sizes range from SMD = 0.19 on gait, favoring control group (endurance training) to SMD = 0.80 on gait, favoring experimental group (balance training).

Conclusions: Strengthening and endurance training only show small effects on Charcot-Marie-Tooth symptoms. Balance training seems to be the most effective.

Published

2023-05-29

How to Cite

Andrea Dincher. (2023). Effects of Rehabilitative Therapy in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. New Advances in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 4, 108–128. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/namms/v4/5764E

Issue

New Advances in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 4

Section

Chapters