Table 2.

Long-term observation of muscle strength and laboratory test results in the patient after autologous stem-cell transplantation

	25 months after presentation (8 m after ASCT)	28 m	36 m	51 m	64 m	77 m	92 m (75 m after ASCT)
Body weight, kg	45.0	45.0	47.0	47.0	49.0	49.0	50.0
Grip strength, kg
Right	17	21	18	21	23	24	22
Left	18	21	19	21	24	22	23
MRC scale
Shoulder abduction	3	4	4	NT	4	4	4
Hip flexion	2	2	2	NT	2	2	4
Pulmonary function test
FVC, L	2.19	2.42	2.39	2.53	2.51	2.53	2.56
Ratio of FVC to predicted value, %	84.6	93.6	92.3	98.8	98.0	100.8	102.0
FEV1, L	1.96	2.15	2.07	2.15	2.10	2.06	2.01
CK, U/L	159	200	188	176	219	193	208
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.38	0.38	0.35	0.38	0.46	0.46	0.47

ASCT: autologous stem-cell transplantation

MRC: Medical Research Council

FVC: forced vital capacity

FEV₁: forced expiratory volume in one second

CK: creatine kinase

NT: not tested