Effect of Trunk and Lower Extremity Muscle Strength on Hamstring Flexibility in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- popliteal angle test
研究概览
简要总结
Investigator researched that the effect of trunk and lower extremity muscle strength on hamstring flexibility in children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
详细描述
Thirty children were asessed by physical therapist. Nineteen children was Level 1 and eleven children was Level 2 according to Brooke Lower Extremity Functional Classification Scale.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Other
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 5 Years 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Getting a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy diagnosis,
- •Being in ambulatuar phases and independently climbing four stairs
- •To be cooperate to physioterapist's directions
排除标准
- •Having severe contracture in the lower extremity
- •Having undergone surgery in the past 6 months
结局指标
主要结局
popliteal angle test
时间窗: 5 minute
The popliteal angle test was performed to assess hamstring flexibility. The popliteal angle was measured in a supine position and the hip flexed 90°, and fixed by first physical therapist. Opposite knee and hip were placed in extension position. Then, the child was asked to rise lower leg straight. The incomplete angle for full extension of the knee was the popliteal angle.
次要结局
- trunk and lower extremity muscle strength test(20 minute)
研究者
Lütfiye AKKURT
Principal investigator
Hacettepe University