FARA and AFAF (our advocacy partner in France) awarded a research grant, from rideATAXIA raised funds, to Dr. Corben and colleagues to develop and test a digital spoon as a way to measure upper limb function in FA. With that original grant award the team demonstrated that this device was able to measure function reliability and accurately in individuals with mild and severe symptoms of ataxia. With this new funding they can take this device and other devices for measuring ataxia to the clinic so that we have improved tools for monitoring outcomes and treatment responses in our natural history study and clinical trials.

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