Joseph-Émile Cashman Kadri, research student working with Dr. Hébert on an ARSACS project, presented the results of his study at the students’ conference of the 2017 summer fellows of the Faculty of Medicine of Laval University.
According to Dr. Hébert, “The results of this feasibility study are very interesting since they demonstrate the possibility of acquiring EMG data on muscle activation profiles in people with ARSACS. The preliminary data are also very interesting because they go in the direction of our research hypotheses that the presence of abnormally high co-contractions in the antagonistic muscles in people with ARSACS could explain the mobility difficulties. It must now be demonstrated in a larger cohort of patients (current project funded by the Foundation) and try to better understand why these deficiencies are present in order to better treat them (next step)”.