Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics of Recruited Participants

No. of CTG repeats

Health care

Ambulatory

Residential care

Long‐term hospitalization

ADL

Walking

Manual wheelchair

Electric wheelchair

Bedridden

Dietary intake

Ingestion

Enteral nutrition

Gastrostomy

Cardiac involvement

ECG

24‐holter ECG

Echocardiography

BNP value

Respiratory involvement

Oxygen

Tracheotomy

Respiratory support (NPPV or ventilator)

Medical treatment

ADL indicates activities of daily living; BNP, B‐type natriuretic peptide; and NPPV, non‐invasive positive pressure ventilation.