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© 2018 American Academy of Neurology. Objectives To investigate motor function associations with age, sex, and D4Z4 repeats among participants with early-onset facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) type 1 as defined by weakness onset before 10 years of age. Methods We collected standardized motor assessments, including manual muscle testing (MMT), quantitative muscle testing, functional motor evaluations, and clinical severity scores (CSSs), at 12 Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group centers. To measure associations, we used linear regression models adjusted for sex, evaluation age, age at onset of weakness, and D4Z4 repeats. Results Among 52 participants (60% female, mean age 22.9 ± 14.7 years), weakness was most pronounced in the shoulder and abdominal musculature. Older enrollment age was associated with greater CSSs (p = 0.003). When adjusted for enrollment age, sex, and D4Z4 repeats, younger age at onset of facial weakness was associated with greater CSSs, slower velocities in timed function tests, and lower MMT scores (p < 0.05). Conclusion Significant clinical variability was observed in early-onset FSHD. Earlier age at onset of facial weakness was associated with greater disease severity. Longitudinal assessments are needed to determine the rate of disease progression in this population.
Author(s): Mah JK, Feng J, Jacobs MB, Duong T, Carroll K, De Valle K, Carty CL, Morgenroth LP, Guglieri M, Ryan MM, Clemens PR, Thangarajh M, Webster R, Smith E, Connolly AM, McDonald CM, Karachunski P, Tulinius M, Harper A, Cnaan A, Chen Y-W
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Neurology
Year: 2018
Volume: 90
Issue: 15
Pages: e1333-e1338
Print publication date: 10/04/2018
Online publication date: 14/03/2018
Acceptance date: 02/04/2016
ISSN (print): 0028-3878
ISSN (electronic): 1526-632X
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
URL: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000005297
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000005297
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