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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Pane M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6010252 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20180620 6
The aim of the study was to establish 24 month changes in upper limb function using a revised version of the performance of upper limb test (PUL 2.0) in a large cohort of ambulant and non-ambulant boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and to identify possible trajectories of progression. Of the 187 patients studied, 87 were ambulant (age range: 7-15.8 years), and 90 non-ambulant (age range: 9.08-24.78). The total scores changed significantly over time (p<0.001). Non-ambulant patients had lower t ...[more]