How often should sitting and rising from a chair be evaluated in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy?

ABSTRACT Objective To determine how often sitting/rising from a chair should be assessed in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients to avoid redundant/missing data. Methods Sitting/rising from a chair was evaluated in 26 DMD children (5-12 yrs), in three-month intervals, over twelve months, w...

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Main Authors: Michele Emy Hukuda, Fátima Aparecida Caromano, Renata Escorcio, Eduardo Vital de Carvalho, Silvana Maria Blascovi-Assis, Mariana Callil Voos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017000900625&lng=en&tlng=en