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Record W4406852084 · doi:10.1142/s1013702525710015

Ataxia telangiectasia in a Bahraini child treated with intensive physiotherapy: A case report

2025· article· en· W4406852084 on OpenAlexaff
Fatima Razzaqi, Aysha Albastaki, Israa Sinan

Bibliographic record

VenueHong Kong Physiotherapy Journal · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicDNA Repair Mechanisms
Canadian institutionsCanadore College
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMedicineAtaxiaAtaxic GaitBalance (ability)Ataxia-telangiectasiaPhysical therapyAtrophyPediatricsTelangiectasiaPhysical medicine and rehabilitationGaitSurgeryInternal medicinePsychiatry

Abstract

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Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a rare neurodegenerative condition with a prevalence of 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 300,000 worldwide. It involves a genetic mutation of chromosome 11q.26. The condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner causing atrophy of the cerebellum due to loss of Purkinje fibres. AT presents early in childhood and the clinical features depend on the type of mutation. The study is a case report of a rare genetic disorder of a 9-year-old female who came to the physiotherapy clinic with a diagnosis of AT. The patient was presented with progressively worsening gait problems with frequent falls, with complete dependence on assistance and impaired balance and coordination. The treatment program was 12 months divided into an intense physiotherapy program for two months followed by 10 months of two times per week of physiotherapy sessions. The program was divided into four elements which are: (1) Lifestyle changes, (2) Strengthening exercises, (3) Coordination exercises, and (4) Balance training exercises. The result showed a positive outcome in increasing the patient's independence, increased muscle strength, reduced ataxia symptoms intensity, and the patient can carry out complex activities with the help of accessory orthosis devices.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Case report · Consensus signal: Case report
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.007
Threshold uncertainty score0.016

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0030.002
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0040.003
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.005
GPT teacher head0.276
Teacher spread0.271 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designCase report
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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