Upper extremity outcome measures for collagen VI-related myopathy and LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy

Bendixen RM, Butrum J, Jain MS, Parks R, Hodsdon B, Nichols C, Hsia M, Nelson L, Keller KC, McGuire M, Elliott JS, Linton MM, Arveson IC, Tounkara F, Vasavada R, Harnett E, Punjabi M, Donkervoort S, Dastgir J, Leach ME, Rutkowski A, Waite M, Collins J, Bönnemann CG, Meilleur KG 
Neuromuscul Disord. 2017. 27(3):278-285.
 The goal of the study was to validate a battery of upper extremity measures in collagen VI-related muscular dystrophy and laminin alpha 2-related dystrophy.
All upper extremity measures were correlated with MFM scores.

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Keywords: Collagen VI-related muscular dystrophy; Congenital muscular dystrophy; Laminin alpha 2-related dystrophy; QUEST, Jebsen, Motor Function Measure; Upper extremity measures

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