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. 2020 Dec 21;133(7-8):344–350. doi: 10.1007/s00508-020-01786-8

Table 1.

Home motor assessment tasks

Task Testing details
1 Climbing and descending 4 stairs Time measurement
2 Standing up from the chair Quality of the movement: able to stand up with arms folded/to stand up with help or altered starting position/unable to stand up
3 Rising up from the floor Time measurement and quality of the movement: standing up without Gower’s maneuver/presents at least one of the Gower’s components/a need of external support or unable to perform
4 Lifting head from supine position Chin moves to chest/head is lifted but through side flexion or with no neck flexion (protraction)/unable to lift head
5 Bringing plastic cup to mouth Full/empty/unable to perform
6 Picking up 6 coins to one hand Time measurement

Notes: Tasks 2, 3 and 4 performed according to North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA) manual [25]; Families were also asked to share a photograph of patient’s posture (undressed) while standing/sitting in 3 projections (anterior, posterior and lateral view), as well as a photograph of passive ankle dorsiflexion lying prone. All parents received video with the instructions of how the assessments should be performed