The Use of the Four Square Step Test and the 10‐m Walk/Run Test to Determine Fall Risk in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Numan Bulut, Esra Aldırmaz, İpek Alemdaroğlu‐Gürbüz, Öznur Tunca · 2026
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Numan Bulut and co-authors check in 2026 whether two quick clinic tests can flag which children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are likely to fall. Ninety five children took part, half classed as fallers because they had fallen within the past month. The tests were a four square stepping task, which times quick direction changes, and a ten meter walk or run.
Fallers functioned at lower levels overall and scored far slower on both tests. The stepping test separated the groups at a cutoff near thirteen seconds, while the walk test cut near five and a half seconds. Both measures proved sensitive and specific enough to be useful, the authors say. They propose the cutoffs as practical guides for starting preventive work, from therapy to home changes, before falls injure a weakening child.
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| CREATOR | Numan Bulut, Esra Aldırmaz, İpek Alemdaroğlu‐Gürbüz, Öznur Tunca |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22532 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |