Functional status and muscle strength in people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy living in the community

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 124-129

  Uchikawa, Ken ^a   Liu, Meigen ^a   Hanayama, Kozo ^b   Tsuji, Tetsuya ^a   Fujiwara, Toshiyuki ^a   Chino, Naoichi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functional instrument; Muscle weakness; Neuromuscular disease; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RANK SUM TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2442704306     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970410023461     Document Type: Article

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