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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuromuscul Disord. 2013 May 28;23(7):529–539. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2013.04.005

Table 2.

Clinical assessments used in infants and young boys with DMD.

Test Age range Domains Test Administration Time to administer
Bayley III Scales of Infant development 0–42 months
  • Cognition

  • Language (receptive and expressive)

  • Motor function (gross and fine).

Trained clinical evaluator 90–120 minutes
Adaptive Behavior Subtest of Bayley-III 0–42 months
  • Communication

  • Community Use

  • Functional Pre-Academic

  • Home Living

  • Health and Safety

  • Leisure

  • Self-Care

  • Self-Direction

  • Social

  • Motor

Parent self-report 15–30 minutes
HMFSE 0–6 years*
  • Gross Motor

Trained clinical evaluator 20–30 minutes
North Star ** Ambulatory
  • Gross Motor

Trained clinical evaluator 10–15 minutes
*

The age range of the HMFSE is approximate as these skills are gained over time but typically developing children would have achieved all by six years.

**

The 17 activities tested with the North Star include standing (1), walking (2), standing up from a chair(3), standing on each leg (4, 5), climbing on a box step with each leg (6, 7), descending from box step with each leg (8, 9), getting to sitting(10), rising from the floor (11), lifting head(12), standing on heels (13), jumping (14), hopping on each leg (15, 16) and running 10 meters(17).