Escala Medida da Função Motora (MFM): novo instrumento de avaliação em doenças neuromusculares
Iwabe C.
Tese de Doutorado apresentada à Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual, de Campinas para obtenção do título de Doutor em, Ciências Médicas, Área de Concentração Ciências Biomédicas. 2009.
This doctoral thesis focus on the translation of the French Motor Function Measure (MFM) into the Portuguese language; to describe the inter and intra-examiner reliability of the Portuguese MFM version (P-MFM); and to validate the PMFM in Brazilian patients with neuromuscular disease.
Keywords: motor activity, dystrophy, neuromuscular disease
Articles dans les revues scientifiques
Gait Assessment in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy During Long-Distance Walking
Ganea R, Jeannet PY, Paraschiv-Ionescu A, Goemans N, Piot C, Van den Hauwe M, Aminian K. J Child Neurol. 2012. 27: 1 30-38. Gait patterns of 25 children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy were compared to that of healthy children. Authors showed that Duchenne muscular...
Motor function measure scale, steroid therapy and patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Silva EC, Machado DL, Resende MB, Silva RF, Zanoteli E, Reed UC. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2012. 70(3): 191-5. Description of the evolution of the motor function of 33 DMD patients (27 ambulant and 6 non ambulant at inclusion) treated with steroids during 18 month assessed...
Quantitative MRI can detect subclinical disease progression in muscular dystrophy.
Fischmann A, Hafner P, Fasler S, Gloor M, Bieri O, Studler U, Fischer D. J Neurol. 2012. 259(8): 1648-54. The aim of this study was to compare different methods of quantitative and semiquantitative MRI in order to validate clinical parameters for the follow-u of...
The assisted 6-minute cycling test to assess endurance in children with a neuromuscular disorder.
Jansen M, De Jong M, Coes HM, Eggermont F, Van Alfen N, De Groot IJ. Muscle Nerve. 2012. 46(4): 520-3. Development of the "assisted 6-minute cycling" aiming to assess DMD patients' endurance.MFM is use as a gold standard.PubMed linkKeywords: Assisted 6-minute cycling...
Muscular involvement assessed by MRI correlates to motor function measurement values in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Fischmann A, Gloor M, Fasler S, Haas T, Rodoni Wetzel R, Bieri O, Wetzel S, Heinimann K, Scheffler K, Fischer D. J Neurol 2011. 258: 1333–1340. Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a progressive skeletal muscle dystrophy characterized by ptosis, dysphagia, and...
Impaired Mandibular Function in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II: Need for Early Recognition
van Bruggen HW, van den Engel-Hoek L, van der Pol WL, de Wijer A, de Groot IJ, Steenks MH. J Child Neurol. Nov 2011. 26: 1392 - 1396. The aim of the study is to assess mandibular function in young patients with spinal muscular atrophy type II. The mandibular function...