Physiotherapy and Its Implications on Functional Disability in a Child with Leigh's Syndrome: An Interesting Case Report

Leigh syndrome, also termed as sub-acute necrotising encephalopathy, is a rare, inherited progressive neurodegenerative disorder with characteristic pathological features usually presenting in infancy or early childhood.¹ Leigh's disease has very less documented evidence regarding problem solving approach for associated impairments and disabilities through physiotherapy management. So, here we report a case of a 7-year-old boy clinically diagnosed to have Leigh's disease with delayed milestones, who underwent physical therapy rehabilitation for 8 weeks. Documented improvement in Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) was seen. Thus, we propose that physical therapy rehabilitation focussing on solving the associated impairments and disabilities might improve the functional outcome in children diagnosed with Leigh's disease.