Research Article
Assessing Function and Endurance in Adults with Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy: Validity of the Adult Myopathy Assessment Tool
Table 2
AMAT item scores for patients with SBMA.
| | Median score | IQR |
| Functional AMAT subscale items (range = 0–3) | | | Supine to prone | 3.0 | 2.0–3.0 | Modified push-up | 3.0 | 2.0–3.0 | Sit-up | 1.0 | 0.0–2.0 | Supine to sit | 3.0 | 2.0–3.0 | Arm raise | 3.0 | 2.0–3.0 | Sit to stand | 2.0 | 1.0–3.0 | Step-up | 2.0 | 1.0–3.0 | Endurance AMAT subscale items (range = 0–4) | | | Sustained head elevation | 3.0 | 2.0–4.0 | Repeated modified push-ups | 1.0 | 0.0–2.0 | Sustained arm raise | 3.0 | 1.3–4.0 | Sustained hip flexion | 4.0 | 2.0–4.0 | Sustained knee extension | 4.0 | 4.0–4.0 | Repeated heel raises | 0.0 | 0.0–1.0 |
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Abbreviations: SBMA: spinal bulbar muscular atrophy; IQR: interquartile range; AMAT: Adult Myopathy Assessment Tool.
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