Mobility assessment of patients with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy

• Published in: Clinical biomechanics (Bristol) Vol. 22; no. 10; pp. 1074 - 1082
• Main Authors: Iosa, M., Mazzà, C., Frusciante, R., Zok, M., Aprile, I., Ricci, E., Cappozzo, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Arm - pathology; Biomechanical Phenomena - methods; Case-Control Studies; Disease Progression; Exercise; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Female; Gait; Humans; Impairment severity; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Statistical; Motor capacity; Movement; Movement analysis; Muscle, Skeletal - pathology; Muscles - pathology; Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral - pathology; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Range of Motion, Articular; Shoulder range of motion; Squat; Step ascent; Treatment Outcome; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Motor capacity; Impairment severity; Gait; Shoulder range of motion; Movement analysis; Squat; Step ascent

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is the third most common form of inherited myopathies with a prevalence of 1:20,000. Since both muscle involvement and disease progression are heterogeneous and unpredictable, quantitative assessment tools are needed to evaluate the effects of pharmacological a...