Quality and Independence of Gait Classification Scale for DMD (QIGS-DMD)

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gait Disorders in Children; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Quality and Independence of Gait Classification Scale for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (QIGS-DMD)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05564962

QIGSDMD

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to develop a reliable and valid gait classification scale for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (QIGS-DMD). The items of the QIGS-DMD were designed based on the literature review considering existing functional classification scales, gait scales, and the opinions of the physiotherapists who were expertized in rehabilitation of patients with DMD. Content validity was determined based on the opinions of a total of ten expert physiotherapists. Videos were recorded during gait of 69 children with DMD and inter- and intra-rater reliability were examined. Criterion validity was determined according to the relationship between QIGS-DMD and Motor Function Measure (MFM) and Vignos Lower Extremity Rating Scale (VLERS).

Enrollment: 69 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 5 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• being 5 years old or above, and
• having a confirmed diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Exclusion criteria

• having other coexisting medical or psychiatric diseases or injury and/or surgery related to the lower extremities within the last 6 months