Monitoring changes and predicting loss of ambulation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy with the Motor Function Measure

C Vuillerot, F Girardot, C Payan… - … Medicine & Child …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To assess changes in motor function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
using the Motor Function Measure (MFM). Method Three studies were performed. Two …

Physical training in boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: the protocol of the No Use is Disuse study

M Jansen, IJM de Groot, N van Alfen, ACH Geurts - BMC pediatrics, 2010 - Springer
Background" Use it or lose it" is a well known saying which is applicable to boys with
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Besides the direct effects of the muscular dystrophy …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of motor strength and function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy with or without steroid therapy

SLS Parreira, MBD Resende, E Zanoteli… - Arquivos de neuro …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVE: To compare muscle strength (MS) and motor function in patients with
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) receiving steroids for different times against the …

Elaboration and reliability of functional evaluation on going up and downstairs scale for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

LAY Fernandes, FA Caromano, ME Hukuda… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
Background: Instruments of functional evaluation for patients with Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy (DMD), available from the literature, are limited and scarce, making clinical …

Development of an evaluation scale for sitting and standing from the ground for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

R Escorcio, FA Caromano, ME Hukuda… - Journal of motor …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The authors developed an evaluation scale for sit–stand from the ground for children with
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and tested its reliability. The construction occurred in …

Elaboração e confiabilidade da escala funcional do subir e do descer escada para Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne

LAY Fernandes, FA Caromano, ME Hukuda… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
CONTEXTUALIZAÇÃO: Os instrumentos de avaliação funcional utilizados para pacientes
com distrofia muscular de Duchenne (DMD), citados na literatura, são limitados e escassos …

Measuring disease severity in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy

MF Davis, KH Scherer, TM Miller… - Journal of Methods …, 2010 - journals.uair.arizona.edu
Medical investigations use a wide variety of outcome indicators that are often not
comparable. It can be challenging to integrate results across multiple studies that do not …

Quantificação da força muscular e habilidades motoras de pacientes com Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne, em corticoterapia por período de 1 a 7 anos

SLS Parreira - 2010 - teses.usp.br
Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: comparar a força muscular (FM) e as habilidades
motoras de pacientes com Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne (DMD) em corticoterapia com a …

Comparação da força e função motora em pacientes com distrofia muscular de Duchenne com ou sem corticoterapia

SLS Parreira, MBD Resende, E Zanoteli… - Arquivos de Neuro …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVE: To compare muscle strength (MS) and motor function in patients with
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) receiving steroids for different times against the …