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Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia
2014
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- Relationship between the climbing up and climbing down stairs domain scores on the FES-DMD, the score on the Vignos Scale, age and timed performance of functional activities in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy Lilian A. Y. Fernandes Fátima A. Caromano Silvana M. B. Assis Michele E. Hukuda Mariana C. Voos Eduardo V. Carvalho Salud child Disability evaluation rehabilitation motor activity Background:Knowing the potential for and limitations of information generated using different evaluationinstruments favors the development of more accurate functional diagnoses and therapeutic decision-making.Objective:Toinvestigate the relationship between the number of compensatory movements when climbing up and going down stairs,age, functional classification and time taken to perform a tested activity (TA) of going up and down stairs in boys withDuchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).Method:A bank of movies featuring 30 boys with DMD performing functionalactivities was evaluated. Compensatory movements were assessed using the climbing up and going down stairs domainof the Functional Evaluation Scale for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (FES-DMD); age in years; functional classificationusing the Vignos Scale (VS), and TA using a timer. Statistical analyses were performed using the Spearman correlationtest.Results:There is a moderate relationship between the climbing up stairs domain of the FES-DMD and age (r=0.53,p=0.004) and strong relationships with VS (r=0.72, p=0.001) and TA for this task (r=0.83, p<0.001). There were weakrelationships between the going down stairs domain of the FES-DMD–going down stairs with age (r=0.40, p=0.032),VS (r=0.65, p=0.002) and TA for this task (r=0.40, p=0.034).Conclusion:These findings indicate that the evaluationof compensatory movements used when climbing up stairs can provide more relevant information about the evolutionof the disease, although the activity of going down stairs should be investigated, with the aim of enriching guidanceand strengthening accident prevention. Data from the FES-DMD, age, VS and TA can be used in a complementary wayto formulate functional diagnoses. Longitudinal studies and with broader age groups may supplement this information. 2014 artículo científico 1413-3555 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=235033506003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=2350 Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia application/pdf Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia (Brasil) Num.6 Vol.18