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Spatio-temporal gait differences in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy during single and dual task overground walking - A pilot study
BACKGROUND: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a rare genetic muscle disorder leading to progressive muscle loss over time. Research indicates that this progressive muscular atrophy can negatively impact spatio-temporal gait characteristics, but this is not always the case during early...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9206720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35734417 |
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author | Alphonsa, Sushma Wuebbles, Ryan Jones, Takako Pavilionis, Phil Murray, Nicholas |
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description | BACKGROUND: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a rare genetic muscle disorder leading to progressive muscle loss over time. Research indicates that this progressive muscular atrophy can negatively impact spatio-temporal gait characteristics, but this is not always the case during early-onset or mild cases of the disease. In addition, the performance of a secondary task during overground walking may elucidate greater deficits in spatio-temporal characteristics of gait. However, such dual task effects on FSHD gait have not been studied thus far. AIM: The current study aimed to (a) quantify changes in spatio-temporal gait parameters in individuals with FSHD using the Tekscan Strideway gait mat system, (b) measure the dual task (DT) effects on cadence and gait velocity during single task (ST) and DT overground walking in FSHD and healthy controls and (c) investigate the correlation between the gait parameters and the methylation status in FSHD. METHODS: Nine FSHD (M±SD=52.78±14.69 years) and nine nearly matched healthy controls (M±SD=50.11±16.18 years) performed five ST and five DT walking in a pseudo-randomized order. The DT included a serial 7’s subtraction task from a random number between 50 and 100. Dependent variables: Cadence (steps/min) and gait velocity (cm/sec) were obtained from Tekscan Strideway (30 Hz, Boston, MA). RESULTS: The pairwise comparison indicated that cadence was significantly different for both ST (P<0.004) and DT (P<0.02) where FSHD showed lower cadence compared to controls. Gait velocity was also significantly lower for FSHD during ST (P<0.004) and DT (P<0.008). Multilevel modeling (MLM) approach revealed a group by task interaction for cadence (P<0.05) and gait velocity (P<0.001). The interaction showed a significant difference between ST and DT in controls for cadence and gait velocity. However, there was no difference between ST and DT in FSHD. Finally, a comparison of methylation percentage versus gait parameters revealed a significant negative correlation coefficient for cadence but not for gait velocity. CONCLUSION: These results indicate specific pairwise differences in both ST and DT walking, observed in the gait parameters as decreased cadence and gait velocity during ST and DT. In addition, the MLM showed that controls exhibited the DT cost as expected but FSHD did not for cadence and gait velocity. RELEVANCE FOR PATIENTS: ST appears to be sufficiently challenging in FSHD and results in overall declines in spatio-temporal characteristics of gait. Further research is needed to test this paradigm with early-onset or mild cases to track disease progression and its effects on ambulation. |
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spelling | pubmed-92067202022-06-21 Spatio-temporal gait differences in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy during single and dual task overground walking - A pilot study Alphonsa, Sushma Wuebbles, Ryan Jones, Takako Pavilionis, Phil Murray, Nicholas J Clin Transl Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a rare genetic muscle disorder leading to progressive muscle loss over time. Research indicates that this progressive muscular atrophy can negatively impact spatio-temporal gait characteristics, but this is not always the case during early-onset or mild cases of the disease. In addition, the performance of a secondary task during overground walking may elucidate greater deficits in spatio-temporal characteristics of gait. However, such dual task effects on FSHD gait have not been studied thus far. AIM: The current study aimed to (a) quantify changes in spatio-temporal gait parameters in individuals with FSHD using the Tekscan Strideway gait mat system, (b) measure the dual task (DT) effects on cadence and gait velocity during single task (ST) and DT overground walking in FSHD and healthy controls and (c) investigate the correlation between the gait parameters and the methylation status in FSHD. METHODS: Nine FSHD (M±SD=52.78±14.69 years) and nine nearly matched healthy controls (M±SD=50.11±16.18 years) performed five ST and five DT walking in a pseudo-randomized order. The DT included a serial 7’s subtraction task from a random number between 50 and 100. Dependent variables: Cadence (steps/min) and gait velocity (cm/sec) were obtained from Tekscan Strideway (30 Hz, Boston, MA). RESULTS: The pairwise comparison indicated that cadence was significantly different for both ST (P<0.004) and DT (P<0.02) where FSHD showed lower cadence compared to controls. Gait velocity was also significantly lower for FSHD during ST (P<0.004) and DT (P<0.008). Multilevel modeling (MLM) approach revealed a group by task interaction for cadence (P<0.05) and gait velocity (P<0.001). The interaction showed a significant difference between ST and DT in controls for cadence and gait velocity. However, there was no difference between ST and DT in FSHD. Finally, a comparison of methylation percentage versus gait parameters revealed a significant negative correlation coefficient for cadence but not for gait velocity. CONCLUSION: These results indicate specific pairwise differences in both ST and DT walking, observed in the gait parameters as decreased cadence and gait velocity during ST and DT. In addition, the MLM showed that controls exhibited the DT cost as expected but FSHD did not for cadence and gait velocity. RELEVANCE FOR PATIENTS: ST appears to be sufficiently challenging in FSHD and results in overall declines in spatio-temporal characteristics of gait. Further research is needed to test this paradigm with early-onset or mild cases to track disease progression and its effects on ambulation. Whioce Publishing Pte. Ltd. 2022-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9206720/ /pubmed/35734417 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License, permitting all noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Alphonsa, Sushma Wuebbles, Ryan Jones, Takako Pavilionis, Phil Murray, Nicholas Spatio-temporal gait differences in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy during single and dual task overground walking - A pilot study |
title | Spatio-temporal gait differences in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy during single and dual task overground walking - A pilot study |
title_full | Spatio-temporal gait differences in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy during single and dual task overground walking - A pilot study |
title_fullStr | Spatio-temporal gait differences in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy during single and dual task overground walking - A pilot study |
title_full_unstemmed | Spatio-temporal gait differences in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy during single and dual task overground walking - A pilot study |
title_short | Spatio-temporal gait differences in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy during single and dual task overground walking - A pilot study |
title_sort | spatio-temporal gait differences in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy during single and dual task overground walking - a pilot study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9206720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35734417 |
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