NCT05244395

Development of a New Instrument to Evaluate Gait Characteristics of Individuals With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Development of a New Instrument to Evaluate Gait Characteristics of Individuals With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Gait Assessment Scale for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and Its Validity and Reliability

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 5 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to develop a gait assessment instrument for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients (DMD-GAS), and investigate its validity and reliability.The scale was developed considering the expert opinions which included 10 physiotherapists who had experience in the management of patients with DMD over the 2-round Delphi method, and the Content Validity Index (CVI) was calculated. The final version of the DMD-GAS that was agreed upon the experts consisted of 10 items, and each item scored between 0 and 2. The intra-rater reliability was established by the video analysis of children with a 1-month interval and inter-rater reliability was determined by the scores of 3 physiotherapists. The criterion validity was determined by investigating the relationship between the total score of the DMD-GAS and Motor Function Measure (MFM), 6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT), and the data obtained from GAITRite system.

Conditions

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Gait Disorders in Children
• Gait Disorders, Neurologic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gait Assessment Scale	a special gait assessment scale for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-10
• Primary completion: 2021-11-30
• Completion: 2022-02-10
• First posted: 2022-02-17
• Last updated: 2022-03-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)