(1) Background: This study presents a new method for the motion quantitative analysis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients (DMD) performing functional tasks in clinical conditions. (2) Methods: An experimental study was designed to define how different levels of external mass (light and heavy) influence the performance of the upper limbs of a tested DMD and reference subject (RS) during horizontal movements (level of the waist)...

Background The main symptom of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is progressive wasting of muscle tissue. Current research on motor measurements for these patients lacks assessments of the whole trajectories of the functional motions over time in clinical conditions. The main goal of this study was to compare the upper limb movement strategy of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and a healthy Control by assessing the contributions...