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

Effect of Trunk and Lower Extremity Muscle Strength on Hamstring Flexibility in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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

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.

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