Main Outcome Measures: Joint ROM in UE and LE; muscle strength (using the manual muscle testing criteria of the Medical Research Council); functional skills using the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory in 3 domains (self-care, mobility, social function).
However, only changes in LE muscle and MU muscle were statistically significant.
In children with type III, a severe decrease in joint ROM was measured, especially in the LEs, and muscle strength was severely decreased in the UEs and LEs.
With successive visits, the researcher was warmly welcomed and introduced to village elders who facilitated access within the village wards and who literally passed the word that "this woman wants to speak with you about your mesifa, marapo le ditokololo (muscle, bone and joint) troubles".
When asked 'tell me about your mesifa, marapo le ditokololo' (muscles, bones, and joints), the majority of participants exclaimed, botlhoko, botlhoko!, implicating whole-body pains with their initial responses and gestures.
There were statistically significant differences among all sessions for LE and MU muscle but not for the EO and IO.
Previous studies have shown that ultimate pH of meat is highly dependent on the amount of glycogen in the muscle (Le Bihan-Duval et al. 2008).
Given the association between LTM-LE and leg muscle mass [ 25], our regression analyses indicate that children with a higher amount of leg muscle mass show shorter step times with lower temporal variability during dual-task walking.
Our results confirm the role of ECRB muscle in LE and argue for evidence of peripheral and central sensitization mechanisms in patients with strictly unilateral symptoms.
