NCT03534349

Lower Limb Flexibility in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Effects on Functional Performance

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigator investigated the effect of lower limb flexibility on functional performance of children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Detailed description

Thirty children whose functional levels were in 1 or 2 according to the Brooke Lower Extremity Functional Classification Scale were included in the study. Flexibilities of hamstrings, hip flexors, tensor fascia latae, and gastrocnemius muscles were evaluated in dominant lower limb. Popliteal angle test, hip flexor flexibility test, tensor fascia latae flexibility test and gastrocnemius flexibility test were used for flexibility asssessments. Functional performance was assessed with 6 Minute Walk Test (6 MWT) and Timed Performance Tests. The correlation between the flexibility of lower limb muscles' and performance tests were examined.

Conditions

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Performance
• Flexibility

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-06-01
• Completion: 2017-12-01
• First posted: 2018-05-23
• Last updated: 2018-05-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)