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Upper limb function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: 24 month longitudinal data

Authors :
Federica Ricci
Enrica Rolle
Elena S. Mazzone
Eugenio Mercuri
Anna Mayhew
Valeria A. Sansone
Giovanni Baranello
Claudia Brogna
Antonella Pini
Adele D'Amico
Giulia Colia
Lavinia Fanelli
Luca Bello
Roberto De Sanctis
Tiziana Mongini
Nicola Forcina
Elena Pegoraro
Michela Catteruccia
Maria Grazia D'Angelo
Roberta Battini
Maria Pia Sormani
Claudio Bruno
Riccardo Zanin
Silvia Frosini
Valentina Lanzillotta
Alice Gardani
Emilio Albamonte
Filippo Cavallaro
Giorgia Coratti
Angela Berardinelli
Andrea Barp
Luisa Politano
Marika Pane
Marianna Scutifero
Sonia Messina
Giulia Monaco
Gian Luca Vita
Roberta Petillo
Enrico Bertini
Pane, Marika
Coratti, Giorgia
Brogna, Claudia
Mazzone, Elena Stacy
Mayhew, Anna
Fanelli, Lavinia
Messina, Sonia
Amico, Adele D
Catteruccia, Michela
Scutifero, Marianna
Frosini, Silvia
Lanzillotta, Valentina
Colia, Giulia
Cavallaro, Filippo
Rolle, Enrica
De Sanctis, Roberto
Forcina, Nicola
Petillo, Roberta
Barp, Andrea
Gardani, Alice
Pini, Antonella
Monaco, Giulia
Angelo, Maria Grazia D
Zanin, Riccardo
Vita, Gian Luca
Bruno, Claudio
Mongini, Tiziana
Ricci, Federica
Pegoraro, Elena
Bello, Luca
Berardinelli, Angela
Battini, Roberta
Sansone, Valeria
Albamonte, Emilio
Baranello, Giovanni
Bertini, Enrico
Politano, Luisa
Sormani, Maria Pia
Mercuri, Eugenio
Source :
PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 6, p e0199223 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Public Library of Science, 2018.

Abstract

The aim of the study was to establish 24 month changes in upper limb function using a revised version of the performance of upper limb test (PUL 2.0) in a large cohort of ambulant and non-ambulant boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and to identify possible trajectories of progression. Of the 187 patients studied, 87 were ambulant (age range: 7-15.8 years), and 90 non-ambulant (age range: 9.08-24.78). The total scores changed significantly over time (p

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Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 6, p e0199223 (2018)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4d00f12468e810153ddb99721454c140