%0 Journal Article
%T Quantification of muscle strength and motor ability in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy on steroid therapy
%A Parreira
%A Samara Lamounier Santana
%A Resende
%A Maria Bernadete Dutra
%A Peduto
%A Mar¨ªlia Della Corte
%A Marie
%A Suely Kazue Nagahashi
%A Carvalho
%A Mary Souza
%A Reed
%A Umbertina Conti
%J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
%D 2007
%I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
%R 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000200011
%X objective: an assessment protocol was applied to quantify and describe muscular strength and motor abilities of 32 patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy (dmd), aged between 5 and 12 years on steroid therapy. method: assessments were made monthly for the first six months and with intervals of two months thereafter until the 14-month end point. the tests employed included: the medical research council (mrc) scale; the hammersmith motor ability score; maximum weight lift; timed rise from floor and nine-meter walk. results: the results showed that loss of muscular strength and motor abilities were slowed in comparison to that observed in the natural evolution of the disease according to the literature. conclusion: we conclude that a swift and objective assessment may be performed using the mrc scale for lower limbs and trunk, the hammersmith motor ability score, timed nine-meter walk and weight lifts.
%K duchenne muscular dystrophy
%K corticosteroids
%K muscle strength
%K motor ability
%K mrc scale
%K hammersmith motor ability score.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X2007000200011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en