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Quantification of gait in mitochondrial m.3243A > G patients: a validation study.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 15 May 2017
Ramakers Rob, Koene Saskia, Groothuis Jan T, de Laat Paul, Janssen Mirian Ch, Smeitink Jan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: More than half of the patients harbouring the m.3243A > G mutation were found to have trouble maintaining balance when walking in a recent study by our group. Others demonstrated that these patients had an abnormal gait pattern, as quantified by gait analysis. Gait analysis is an emerging method to quantify subtle changes in walking pattern, also during therapeutic interventions. Therefore, we aimed...
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