Defining ambulation status in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy using the 10-metre walk test and the motor function measure scale.

This simple measurement strategy can be used by therapists to adjust their rehabilitation strategies and goals.Implications for rehabilitationCombination of 10MWT ratio with MFM-D1 reveal an "indicator" for the ambulation status of patients with DMD.Physiotherapists can guide clinical care and prepare the patient and family for loss of gait.CART algorithm describes how we classified the patients according to two continuous variables.70% Of the patients with DMD can be distinguished as either ambulators or non-ambulators.