Smartphone measures motor and respiratory function in spinal muscular atrophy

Haluk Topaloğlu; Ayşe Nur Coşkun

doi:10.1016/j.nmd.2023.09.006

Smartphone measures motor and respiratory function in spinal muscular atrophy

Neuromuscul Disord. 2023 Nov;33(11):823. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2023.09.006. Epub 2023 Sep 22.

Authors

Haluk Topaloğlu¹, Ayşe Nur Coşkun²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Yeditepe School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: htopalog@hacettepe.edu.tr.
² Department of Child Neurology, Atatürk Sanatory Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 37919207
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2023.09.006

Abstract

Investigating and following the motor function in children with SMA is challenging. In this issue of Neuromuscular Disorders, Perumal et al. (2023) describes how the smartphone sensor can be used to assess the respiratory and upper limb function in comparison to physical outcome measures currently in use. Eight out of nine items were closely in accord.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Muscular Atrophy, Spinal*
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Respiration
Smartphone
Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood* / diagnosis
Upper Extremity