title: A case of very rapid progressive ataxia in rehabilitation setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the unusual course of a patient with cerebellar ataxia who underwent rehabilitation.
  
  
  METHODS
  At admission, the patient underwent motor rehabilitation and assessment by Tinetti Assessment, Klockgether Score, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, Trunk Control Test, Fugl-Meyer Scale, Barthel Index, and Mini Mental State Examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient showed very rapid and severe decline of motor and functional tests during the first month of hospitalization and complete dependence in <2 months, despite rehabilitation. He died 10 months after onset, with a neuro-pathological diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our case report suggests that sporadic CJD must be hypothesized when ataxia worsens rapidly and severely despite rehabilitation.
authors: Operative Unit for Recovery and Functional Rehabilitation, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, Via G. Mazzini 129, 25066 Lumezzane (BS), Italy. bernardo.gialanella@fsm.it
authors: Bernardo
authors: B
authors: Gialanella
authors: Paola
authors: P
authors: Prometti
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Ferlucci
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: Bertolinelli
mesh_terms: D001259:Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D018450:Disease Progression; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests