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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Anna Mayhew, Dionne Moat, Dr Michelle Eagle, Meredith James, Robert Muni Lofra, Dr Sarah Brown, Professor Michela GuglieriORCiD
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© 2022 The Authors, The purpose of this study was to quantitate motor performance in 196 genetically confirmed steroid-naïve boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), to evaluate the test-retest reliability of measures of motor performance in young DMD boys, and to assess correlations among the different functional outcomes including timed tests. Boys aged 4–7 years were recruited in the FOR-DMD study, a comparative effectiveness study of different steroid regimens in DMD. Eligible boys had to be able to rise from the floor independently and to perform pulmonary function testing consistently. The boys were evaluated with standardized assessments at the screening and baseline visits at 32 sites in 5 countries (US, UK, Canada, Italy, Germany). Assessments included timed rise from floor, timed 10 m walk/run, six-minute walk distance, North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA) and forced vital capacity (FVC). Mean age at baseline was 5.9 years (range 4.1–8.1 years). Test-retest reliability was high for functional assessments, regardless of time lag between assessments (up to 90 days) and for the majority of age groups. Correlations were strong among the functional measures and timed tests, less so with FVC. Physiotherapy measures are reliable in a young, steroid-naïve population and rise from floor velocity appears to be a sensitive measure of strength in this population.
Author(s): Mayhew AG, Moat D, McDermott MP, Eagle M, Griggs RC, King WM, James MK, Muni-Lofra R, Shillington A, Gregson S, Pallant L, Skura C, Staudt LA, Eichinger K, McMurchie H, Rabb R, Di Marco M, Brown S, Zanin R, Arnoldi MT, McIntyre M, Wilson A, Alfano LN, Lowes LP, Blomgren C, Milev E, Iodice M, Pasternak A, Chiu A, Lehnert I, Claus N, Dieruf KA, Rolle E, Nicorici A, Andres B, Hobbiebrunken E, Roetmann G, Kern V, Civitello M, Vogt S, Hayes MJ, Scholtes C, Lacroix C, Gunn T, Warner S, Newman J, Barp A, Kundrat K, Kovelman S, Powers PJ, Guglieri M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Neuromuscular Disorders
Year: 2022
Volume: 32
Issue: 6
Pages: 460-467
Print publication date: 01/06/2022
Online publication date: 26/02/2022
Acceptance date: 23/02/2022
Date deposited: 14/06/2022
ISSN (print): 0960-8966
ISSN (electronic): 1873-2364
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2022.02.012
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2022.02.012
PubMed id: 35618576
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