Reachable workspace and performance of upper limb (PUL) in duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Muscle Nerve
; 53(4): 545-54, 2016 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The Kinect-based reachable workspace relative surface area (RSA) is compared with the performance of upper limb (PUL) assessment in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).METHODS:
29 individuals with DMD (ages 7-23; Brooke 1-5) underwent both Kinect-based reachable workspace RSA and PUL assessments. RSAs were also collected from 24 age-matched controls. Total and quadrant RSAs were compared with the PUL total, shoulder-, middle-, and distal-dimension scores.RESULTS:
The total reachable workspace RSA correlated well with the total PUL score (Spearman ρ = -0.602; P < 0.001), and with each of the PUL dimensional scores shoulder (ρ = -0.624; P < 0.001), middle (ρ = -0.564; P = 0.001), and distal (ρ = -0.630; P < 0.001). With quadrant RSA, reachability in a particular quadrant was closely associated with respective PUL dimensional-level function (lateral-upper quadrant for shoulder-, lateral-upper/lower quadrants for middle-, and lateral-lower quadrant for distal-level function).CONCLUSIONS:
This study demonstrates concurrent validity of the reachable workspace outcome measure (RSA) with the DMD-specific upper extremity outcome measure (PUL).Palavras-chave
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Humans
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Male
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2016
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