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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria study 1

From: Physical training in boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: the protocol of the No Use is Disuse study

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

A DNA-established diagnosis of DMD

Other disabling diseases influencing mobility

Boys who are at the end of their ambulation phase, and:

-need ≥5 sec. to get up from the floor or

-are not able to get up from the floor or

-are not able to bicycle without assistance

-are dependent on a wheelchair to move over a long distance (>500 m)

Boys with a clinical symptomatic cardiomyopathy

Boys <6 years old

Boys who recently became wheelchair-dependent (approximately 1-2 years after they stopped walking), and:

-are able to touch the top of their head with both hands without assistance or

-are not able to bicycle without assistance

-are able to use a hand-operated wheelchair

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