Turkish physiotherapists report on their experience in assessing symptoms, disorders and signs of the lower urinary tract in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD):
- 45 children and adolescents aged 5-18 years with DMD were included in the study,
- Assessments included a functional score assessing bladder emptying and the risk of urinary incontinence, a Vignos score, a pelvic tilt measurement and dynamometry,
- certain muscle deficits, such as hip flexors and quadriceps, were found to be more readily associated with the risk of urinary problems,
- on the other hand, pelvic obliquity and lumbar hyperlordosis did not increase this risk.
This research will enable clinicians to better detect DMD patients at risk of urinary dysfunction.
