title: Responsiveness of the domain climbing up and going down stairs of the Functional Evaluation scale for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: a one-year follow-up.
abstract: To determine the responsiveness of the domain climbing up and going down stairs of the Functional Evaluation Scale for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (FES-DMD-D3) in a one-year follow-up study.
  The study included 26 patients with DMD. Effect Size (ES) and Standardized Response Mean (SRM) described the scale's responsiveness.
  For climbing up stairs, ES showed that responsiveness was low in the three-month assessments (0.26; 0.35; 0.13; 0.17), low to moderate in the six-month assessments (0.58; 0.48; 0.33), moderate in the nine-month assessments (0.70; 0.68), and high in the 12-month assessment (0.88). SRM showed that responsiveness was low in the three-month assessments (0.29; 0.38; 0.18; and 0.19), low to moderate in the six-month assessments (0.59; 0.51; 0.36), moderate in the nine-month assessments (0.74 and 0.70), and high in the 12-month assessment (0.89). For going down stairs, ES showed that responsiveness was low in the three- and six-month assessments (0.16; 0.25; 0.09; 0.08 and 0.48; 0.35; 0.18, respectively), low to moderate in the nine-month assessments (0.59; 0.44), and moderate in the 12-month assessment (0.71). SRM showed that responsiveness was low in the three- and six-month assessments (0.25; 0.35; 0.12; 0.09 and 0.47; 0.38; 0.21, respectively), low to moderate in the nine-month assessment (0.62; 0.49), and moderate in the 12-month assessment (0.74).
  Climbing up stairs should be assessed at intervals of nine months or longer, when responsiveness is moderate to high. Going down stairs should be assessed annually because moderate responsiveness was observed in this period.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Laboratório de Fisioterapia e Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Priscila S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Laboratório de Fisioterapia e Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Voos
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Laboratório de Fisioterapia e Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariene S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Laboratório de Fisioterapia e Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Laboratório de Fisioterapia e Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos B M
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Laboratório de Fisioterapia e Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fatima A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Caromano
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000503:physiopathology*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000592:standards