A pilot study of the responsiveness of wireless motion analysis in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
Muscle Nerve
; 60(5): 590-594, 2019 11.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
We determined whether instrumenting timed functional tasks with wireless inertial motion sensors were responsive to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) progression and movement pattern changes.METHODS:
Ten individuals who were clinically affected with genetically confirmed FSHD, mean age 54 years (range 42-65), performed an instrumented timed up and go (iTUG) trial at each visit, wearing six wireless inertial sensors. We determined the estimated average monthly slope of progression and 12-month change for temporal and spatial motion variables using a linear mixed effects model.RESULTS:
For an average of 20.6 months (range 6.1-34.5), the iTUG duration stayed constant, whereas stride length, stride velocity, and trunk sagittal range of motion changed, indicating poorer performance. Arm swing changed in a compensatory direction toward the normative mean.DISCUSSION:
This study provides preliminary evidence that iTUG motion variables could be sensitive to progression in FSHD, but this requires validation in a larger study.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Distrofia Muscular Facioescapuloumeral
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Tecnologia sem Fio
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Dispositivos Eletrônicos Vestíveis
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Muscle Nerve
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article