The 6 Minute Walk Test and Performance of Upper Limb in Ambulant Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Boys

PLoS Currents

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pane, Marika ^a   Stacy Mazzone, Elena ^a   Sivo, Serena ^a   Fanelli, Lavinia ^a   De Sanctis, Roberto ^a   D’Amico, Adele ^b   Messina, Sonia ^c   Battini, Roberta ^d   Bianco, Flaviana ^a   Scutifero, Marianna ^e   Petillo, Roberta ^e   Frosini, Silvia ^d   Scalise, Roberta ^a   Luca Vita, Gian ^c   Bruno, Claudio ^f   Pedemonte, Marina ^f   Mongini, Tiziana ^g   Pegoraro, Elena ^h   Brustia, Francesca ⁱ   Gardani, Alice ⁱ   Berardinelli, Angela ⁱ   Lanzillotta, Valentina ^g   Viggiano, Emanuela ^e   Cavallaro, Filippo ^c   Sframeli, Maria ^c   Bello, Luca ^h   Barp, Andrea ^h   Busato, Fabio ^h   Bonfiglio, Serena ^j   Rolle, Enrica ^k   Colia, Giulia ^b   Bonetti, Annamaria ^b   Palermo, Concetta ^a   Graziano, Alessandra ^a   D’Angelo, Grazia ^l   Pini, Antonella ^j   Corlatti, Alice ^m   Gorni, Ksenija ^k   Baranello, Giovanni ^m   Antonaci, Laura ⁿ   Bertini, Enrico ^b   Politano, Luisa ^e   Mercuri, Eugenio ^a   more..

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^f G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k Centro Clinico NEMO   (Italy)

^l SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^m DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

ⁿ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; UPPER IIMB PERFORMANCE TEST; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84991076085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.md.a93d9904d57dcb08936f2ea89bca6fe6     Document Type: Article

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