Laura Peeters

The trunk in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | 83 4 Healthy DMD p-value HC vs DMD Trunk ROM direction Reaching direction n median IQR n median IQR Flexion- extension Forward 25 8.5[3.2-21.1] 9 26.6 [13.4-31.1] 0.017 Sideward 25 5.8[2.5-9.8] 8 11.6 [5.1-21.8] 0.303 Contra-lateral 25 5.6[2.5-10.8] 8 11.7 [4.1-18.0] 0.231 Lateral bending Forward 25 4.1[1.2-8.3] 9 7.3 [2.1-16.8] 0.458 Sideward 25 7.5[5.3-11.4] 8 15.6 [4.7-21.8] 0.284 Contra-lateral 25 3.0[-2.0-5.0] 8 8.4 [0.4-16.2] 0.125 Axial rotation Forward 25 4.7[1.6-6.6] 9 11.0 [3.2-16.5] 0.061 Sideward 25 8.6[3.6-15.3] 8 8.4 [3.7-10.7] 0.850 Contra-lateral 25 5.0[-2.9-9.0] 8 11.4 [5.8-14.5] 0.062 Table 3 Change in trunk range of motion (ROM) (in degrees) between reaching with 500 gram object weight and without object weight. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Number of participants 0 5 10 15 20 Flexion-extension N-0 N-500 F-0 N-0 N-500 F-0 N-0 N-500 FOR LAT C-LAT FL EX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 5 10 15 20 Lateral bending N-0 N-500 F-0 N-0 N-500 F-0 N-0 N-500 FOR LAT C-LAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 5 10 15 20 Axial rotation N-0 N-500 F-0 N-0 N-500 F-0 N-0 N-500 FOR LAT C-LAT D ND Figure3 Movement direction of the trunk in DMD patients when performing daily activities. Abbreviations: N = near, F = far, 0 = without object weight, 500 = 500 gram object weight, FOR = forward reaching, LAT = reaching laterally, C-LAT = reaching contra-laterally.