Timed function tests, motor function measure, and quantitative thigh muscle MRI in ambulant children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A cross-sectional analysis

S Schmidt, P Hafner, A Klein, D Rubino-Nacht… - Neuromuscular …, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of new therapeutic agents for the treatment of Duchenne muscular
dystrophy has put a focus on defining outcome measures most sensitive to capture treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Ambulatory Duchenne muscular dystrophy children: Cross-sectional correlation between function, quantitative muscle ultrasound and MRI

H Abdulhady, HM Sakr, NS Elsayed, TA El-Sobky… - Acta …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive genetic muscle disease. Quantitative
muscle ultrasound (US), muscle MRI, and functional tools are important to delineate …

Measurements of motor function and other clinical outcome parameters in ambulant children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

S Nagy, S Schmidt, P Hafner, A Klein… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2019 - jove.com
While the number of new treatment options tested in patients with Duchenne muscular
dystrophy (DMD) is increasing, there is still no defining of the most reliable assessments …

Quantitative muscle strength assessment in duchenne muscular dystrophy: longitudinal study and correlation with functional measures

A Lerario, S Bonfiglio, MP Sormani, A Tettamanti… - BMC neurology, 2012 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to perform a longitudinal assessment using
Quantitative Muscle Testing (QMT) in a cohort of ambulant boys affected by Duchenne …

A critical review of functional assessment tools for upper limbs in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

ES Mazzone, G Vasco, C Palermo… - … Medicine & Child …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The recent development of therapeutic approaches for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(DMD) has highlighted the need to identify clinical outcome measures for planned efficacy …

Skeletal muscles of ambulant children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: validation of multicenter study of evaluation with MR imaging and MR spectroscopy

SC Forbes, GA Walter, WD Rooney, DJ Wang… - Radiology, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To validate a multicenter protocol that examines lower extremity skeletal muscles of
children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by using magnetic resonance (MR) …

Longitudinal timed function tests in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: ImagingDMD cohort natural history

H Arora, RJ Willcocks, DJ Lott, AT Harrington… - Muscle & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: Tests of ambulatory function are common clinical trial endpoints in Duchenne
muscular dystrophy (DMD). Using these tests, the ImagingDMD study has generated a large …

Magnetic resonance imaging of the proximal upper extremity musculature in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

RJ Willcocks, WT Triplett, SC Forbes, H Arora… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
There is a pressing need for biomarkers and outcomes that can be used across disease
stages in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), to facilitate the inclusion of a wider range of …

Development of a patient‐reported outcome measure for upper limb function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: DMD Upper Limb PROM

K Klingels, AG Mayhew, ES Mazzone… - … Medicine & Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To develop a patient‐reported outcome measure (PROM) assessing upper limb function
related to activities of daily living (ADL) that cannot be observed in a clinical setting …

Longitudinal reliability of outcome measures in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

S Nagy, S Schädelin, P Hafner, U Bonati… - Muscle & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The definition of reliable outcome measures is of increasing interest in patients
with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Methods In this retrospective study, we analyzed …