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Effect of Muscle Strength on Hamstring Flexibility in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

NCT ID: NCT03589573

Last Updated: 2018-07-31

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-03-24

Study Completion Date

2018-01-01

Brief Summary

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Investigator researched that the effect of trunk and lower extremity muscle strength on hamstring flexibility in children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Detailed Description

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Thirty children were asessed by physical therapist. Nineteen children was Level 1 and eleven children was Level 2 according to Brooke Lower Extremity Functional Classification Scale.

Conditions

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Muscle Strength Lower Extremity Hamstring Contractures

Keywords

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy muscle strength hamstring flexibility back muscle lower extremity

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Getting a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy diagnosis,
* Being in ambulatuar phases and independently climbing four stairs
* To be cooperate to physioterapist's directions

Exclusion Criteria

* Having severe contracture in the lower extremity
* Having undergone surgery in the past 6 months
Minimum Eligible Age

5 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lütfiye AKKURT

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Lütfiye Akkurt, Msc.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hacettepe University

Öznur Yılmaz, Prof.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Hacettepe University

İpek Gürbüz, Assoc.Prof.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hacettepe University

Ayşe Karaduman, Prof.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hacettepe University

Locations

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Hacettepe University

Ankara, Sıhhiye, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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GO 16/740-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id