Effect of Muscle Strength on Hamstring Flexibility in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

study id #: NCT03589573

condition: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Muscle Strength, Lower Extremity, Hamstring Contractures

status: completed

Investigator researched that the effect of trunk and lower extremity muscle strength on hamstring flexibility in children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

mechanism of action: No pharmaceutical intervention

results: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT03589573

last updated: January 08, 2019

start date: March 24, 2017

estimated completion: January 1, 2018

size / enrollment: 30

study description: 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.

primary outcomes:

• Popliteal angle test [ Time Frame: 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.

secondary outcomes:

• Trunk and lower extremity muscle strength test [ Time Frame: 20 minute ]
  Trunk and lower extremity muscle strength was assessed manual muscle strength and myometer. Any test was performed three times and best value was recorded.

inclusion criteria:
• Getting a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy diagnosis,
• Being in ambulatuar phases and independently climbing four stairs
• To be cooperate to physioterapist's directions

exclusion criteria:
• Having severe contracture in the lower extremity
• Having undergone surgery in the past 6 months

sponsor: Hacettepe University

investigators: Lütfiye Akkurt, Msc.; Öznur Yılmaz, Prof.; İpek Gürbüz, Assoc.Prof.; Ayşe Karaduman, Prof.; Hacettepe University

locations: Turkey