Neurorehabilitation in degenerative cerebellar disease: improvements of ataxia-specific dysfunctions by physiotherapy and exergames

The cerebellum is well-known to be essentially involved in movement control, and plays a critical role in motor learning. Therefore, it remains controversial whether patients with inherently progressive degenerative cerebellar disease benefit from motor learning exercises. More specifically, it remains unclear under which conditions and by which mechanisms these patients might improve their motor performance. Here we present evidence from three studies on coordinative learning in patients with cerebellar degenerative disease, demonstrating that these patients highly benefit from coordinative training, and that t…