Joint range of motion limitations in children and young adults with spinal muscular atrophy

HY Wang, YH Ju, SM Chen, SK Lo, YJ Jong - Archives of physical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Wang HY, Ju YH, Chen SM, Lo SK, Jong YJ. Joint range of motion limitations in children and
young adults with spinal muscular atrophy. OBJECTIVES: To elicit descriptive data about
limited joint range of motion (ROM) in subjects with type II or III spinal muscular atrophy
(SMA) and to examine the relation between the number of motions with limited range and
both age and functional ability. DESIGN: Descriptive cross-sectional study. SETTING:
Neurologic pediatric outpatient clinic at a hospital in Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-seven …