Fear of Falling in Muscular Dystrophy

Motor rehabilitation will be characterized by sessions of 45 minutes each with a patient (total sessions 36): physiotherapist ratio of 1:1. The rehabilitation project will be defined by the PM\&R specialist and the physiotherapist who will take charge of the patient. The treatment will focus on the maintenance of active and passive joint ranges, on the training of balance and gait, and on exercises of proprioception and scenic reinforcement. Specific devices (rehabilitation beds, verticalizer, posturography platform) will be used during motor treatment

"1 session per week of 45 minutes of cognitive behavioral therapy and 2 sessions per week of 45 minutes of motor rehabilitation. The length of the treatment is the same as the control group: 12 weeks for 12 CBT sessions and 24 motor rehabilitation sessions (a total of 36 sessions).~Motor rehabilitation will be the same as that provided to the control group. In addition, participants will receive Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), consisting of individual 45-minute sessions (one psychotherapist per patient).~The sessions will focus on the relationship between cognition, emotions, and behavior. Specifically, the therapist will work with the patient to identify and modify automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions, and underlying beliefs or patterns associated with the fear of falling."