Upper Extremity Muscle Strength, Balance and Functional Skills in DMD

Halic University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Treatments: Other: Assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06379906

DMD, UE and Balance

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to examine the relationship between upper extremity muscle strength, balance and functional skills of children with DMD.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 5 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosed with DMD by a child neurologist and confirmed by genetic test results,
• were at Level 1-4 according to Brooke Lower Extremity Functional Classification (able to ambulate independently and get up from a chair)
• had cooperation with the researchers

Exclusion criteria

• had undergone a surgical operation in the last 6 months
• had contractures that would affect functional activities