Fatigue leads to gait changes in spinal muscular atrophy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 485-488

  Montes, Jacqueline ^a   Dunaway, Sally ^a   Montgomery, Megan J ^a   Sproule, Douglas ^a   Kaufmann, Petra ^a   De Vivo, Darryl C ^a   Rao, Ashwini K ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

6 minute walk test; Fatigue; Gait; Outcome measure; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WALKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953034522     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21917     Document Type: Article

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