Robert M Rennebohm, Karla Jones, Adam M Huber, Susan H Ballinger, Suzanne L Bowyer, Brian M Feldman, Jeanne Hicks, Ildy M Katona, Carol B Lindsley, Frederick W Miller, Murray H Passo, Maria D Perez, Ann M Reed, Carol A Wallace, Patience H White, Lawrence S Zemel, Peter A Lachenbruch, John R Hayes, Lisa G Rider
OBJECTIVE: To document and evaluate the scores that normal, healthy children achieve when performing 9 maneuvers of the Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale (CMAS). METHODS: A total of 303 healthy children, 4-9 years of age, were scored as they performed 9 CMAS maneuvers. The data were then evaluated to determine whether normal scores for some maneuvers are age and sex dependent. RESULTS: All children were able to achieve maximum possible scores for the supine to prone, supine to sit, floor sit, floor rise, and chair rise maneuvers...
June 15, 2004: Arthritis and Rheumatism