Table 1.
Task | Testing details | |
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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