Validity and Reliability of the 6 Minute Pegboard Ring Test

Çağtay Maden

Status: Completed

Conditions: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06174025

2023/236

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of 6PBRT in individuals with DMD and its applicability on these patients.

Full description

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common type of progressive muscular dystrophies and is an X-linked recessive, rarely autosomal dominant, muscle disease. DMD begins in childhood and progresses until they become unable to walk. Individuals with DMD experience skeletal muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, and decreased exercise capacity. In these patients, traditionally lower extremity tests are; 6-minute walk tests, treadmill tests and Cardiopulmonary exercise tests are used. However, it is reported that the upper extremity is also affected in individuals with DMD. The 6-Minute Pegboard and Ring Test (6PBRT), which is valid and reliable in most disease groups, is also a test that can be applied to the upper extremities. It is important to use 6PBRT frequently in clinical research practice for patients with DMD and to know its validity and reliability. To our knowledge, the validity and reliability of this test in individuals with DMD has not been established in the literature. This study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of 6PBRT in individuals with DMD and its applicability on these patients.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 6 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the research,
• Being diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy between the ages of 6-17,
• Being Level 1 and 2 according to the Brooke Upper Extremity Functional Classification Scale
• Having no problems reading and/or understanding the scales and cooperating with the tests to be.
• Ability to sit independently for approximately 15 minutes during the evaluation

Exclusion criteria

• Not volunteering to participate in the research,
• Having any orthopedic problem in the upper extremity,
• A neurological disease or other clinical condition that may affect cognitive status having a diagnosis,
• Having had surgery on the upper extremities in the last 6 months and any having an injury
• At a level that prevents functional activities in the upper extremity Having severe contractures (joint restriction)