A Focus on Faculty: Highlighting a Range of Expertise in Rehabilitation Medicine
Rehabilitation Medicine
Clinical and Research Progress in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a recessively inherited motor neuron disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness and atrophy, is one of the most devastating neurological diseases of childhood. Until recently, there was no treatment.
Rehabilitation Medicine
Exercise Training Intervention Shows Promise for Cerebellar Ataxia
More doctors are prescribing exercise for patients. But it’s not just for high blood pressure or diabetes. Physiatrists at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center are offering an exercise training intervention for patients with spinocerebellar ataxia.