Muscle force, balance and falls in muscular impaired individuals with myotonic dystrophy type 1: A five-year prospective cohort study

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-148

  Hammarén, Elisabet ^a,b   Kjellby Wendt, Gunilla ^a,b   Lindberg, Christopher ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Muscle strength; Myotonic dystrophy; Observation; Physiotherapy; Postural balance; Self reported falls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULAR IMPAIRMENT RATING SCALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REPORTED WALKING INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING SPEED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION DISORDERS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALKING;

EID: 84921064811     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: 18732364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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