Comparison of motor strength and function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy with or without steroid therapy Comparação da força e função motora em pacientes com distrofia muscular de Duchenne com ou sem corticoterapia

Comparison of motor strength and function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy with or without steroid therapy Comparação da força e função motora em pacientes com distrofia muscular de Duchenne com ou sem corticoterapia

OBJECTIVE: To compare muscle strength (MS) and motor function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) receiving steroids for different times against the natural evolution of DMD described by Scott et al. METHOD: 90 patients with DMD (aged 5- 12 years), receiving steroids for one to seven...

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Main Authors: Samara Lamounier Santana Parreira, Maria Bernadete Dutra Resende, Edmar Zanoteli, Mary Souza Carvalho, Suely Kazue Marie, Umbertina Conti Reed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2010-10-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
distrofia muscular de Duchenne
corticoterapia
força muscular
habilidade motora
escala Medical Research Council (MRC)
Hammersmith motor ability score
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
steroids
muscle strength
motor ability
MRC scale
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2010000500002

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