Development and validation of the patient-reported "Facial Function Scale" for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

CONCLUSIONS: This study provides a linear-weighted, clinimetrically sound, patient-reported outcome measure on the functional disabilities relating to facial weakness in FSHD, to enable further research on this relevant topic.Implications for rehabilitationFacial weakness and its functional consequences are an often underappreciated clinical feature of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), both in symptomatic treatment and in research.To enable the development and testing of therapeutic symptomatic interventions for facial weakness, clinical outcome measures are required.This study provides a linear-weighted, clinimetrically sound, patient-reported outcome measure on the functional disabilities relating to facial weakness in FSHD patients.PMID:35575310 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2022.2066208

Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - May 16, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Karlien Mul Feri Wijayanto Tom G J Loonen Perry Groot Sanne C C Vincenten Simone Knuijt Jan T Groothuis Thomas J J Maal Tom Heskes Nicol C Voermans Baziel G M van Engelen Source Type: research