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Difficulty descending stairs

MedGen UID:
644568
Concept ID:
C0560085
Finding
Synonym: Difficulty walking down stairs
SNOMED CT: Difficulty walking down stairs (282201001)
 
HPO: HP:0033235

Definition

Reduced ability to desscend stairs. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDifficulty descending stairs

Conditions with this feature

Glycogen storage disease, type II
MedGen UID:
5340
Concept ID:
C0017921
Disease or Syndrome
Pompe disease is classified by age of onset, organ involvement, severity, and rate of progression. Infantile-onset Pompe disease (IOPD; individuals with onset before age 12 months with cardiomyopathy) may be apparent in utero but more typically onset is at the median age of four months with hypotonia, generalized muscle weakness, feeding difficulties, failure to thrive, respiratory distress, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Without treatment by enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), IOPD commonly results in death by age two years from progressive left ventricular outflow obstruction and respiratory insufficiency. Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD; including: (a) individuals with onset before age 12 months without cardiomyopathy; and (b) all individuals with onset after age 12 months) is characterized by proximal muscle weakness and respiratory insufficiency; clinically significant cardiac involvement is uncommon.

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Stensdotter AK, Vårbakken K, Roeleveld K
PM R 2023 Jan;15(1):9-19. Epub 2021 Oct 20 doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12698. PMID: 34432951
Kline PW, Jacobs CA, Duncan ST, Noehren B
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2020 May;28(5):1508-1515. Epub 2019 Jun 14 doi: 10.1007/s00167-019-05554-8. PMID: 31201440Free PMC Article
Décary S, Frémont P, Pelletier B, Fallaha M, Belzile S, Martel-Pelletier J, Pelletier JP, Feldman D, Sylvestre MP, Vendittoli PA, Desmeules F
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2018 Apr;99(4):607-614.e1. Epub 2017 Nov 9 doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.10.014. PMID: 29128344
Nicolas R, Nicolas B, François V, Michel T, Nathaly G
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2015 Aug;30(7):762-4. Epub 2015 May 27 doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2015.05.012. PMID: 26048242
Peat G, Duncan RC, Wood LR, Thomas E, Muller S
Arthritis Res Ther 2012 Mar 14;14(2):R63. doi: 10.1186/ar3779. PMID: 22417687Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Décary S, Frémont P, Pelletier B, Fallaha M, Belzile S, Martel-Pelletier J, Pelletier JP, Feldman D, Sylvestre MP, Vendittoli PA, Desmeules F
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2018 Apr;99(4):607-614.e1. Epub 2017 Nov 9 doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.10.014. PMID: 29128344
Nicolas R, Nicolas B, François V, Michel T, Nathaly G
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2015 Aug;30(7):762-4. Epub 2015 May 27 doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2015.05.012. PMID: 26048242
Peat G, Duncan RC, Wood LR, Thomas E, Muller S
Arthritis Res Ther 2012 Mar 14;14(2):R63. doi: 10.1186/ar3779. PMID: 22417687Free PMC Article
Peat G, Thomas E, Duncan R, Wood L, Wilkie R, Hill J, Hay EM, Croft P
Arthritis Rheum 2007 Jun 15;57(5):794-802. doi: 10.1002/art.22785. PMID: 17530679

Therapy

Kline PW, Jacobs CA, Duncan ST, Noehren B
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2020 May;28(5):1508-1515. Epub 2019 Jun 14 doi: 10.1007/s00167-019-05554-8. PMID: 31201440Free PMC Article
D'alessandro AM, Mulford GJ
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002 May;83(5):727-9. doi: 10.1053/apmr.2002.32199. PMID: 11994816

Prognosis

Décary S, Frémont P, Pelletier B, Fallaha M, Belzile S, Martel-Pelletier J, Pelletier JP, Feldman D, Sylvestre MP, Vendittoli PA, Desmeules F
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2018 Apr;99(4):607-614.e1. Epub 2017 Nov 9 doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.10.014. PMID: 29128344
Peat G, Thomas E, Duncan R, Wood L, Wilkie R, Hill J, Hay EM, Croft P
Arthritis Rheum 2007 Jun 15;57(5):794-802. doi: 10.1002/art.22785. PMID: 17530679

Clinical prediction guides

Kline PW, Jacobs CA, Duncan ST, Noehren B
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2020 May;28(5):1508-1515. Epub 2019 Jun 14 doi: 10.1007/s00167-019-05554-8. PMID: 31201440Free PMC Article
Décary S, Frémont P, Pelletier B, Fallaha M, Belzile S, Martel-Pelletier J, Pelletier JP, Feldman D, Sylvestre MP, Vendittoli PA, Desmeules F
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2018 Apr;99(4):607-614.e1. Epub 2017 Nov 9 doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.10.014. PMID: 29128344
Nicolas R, Nicolas B, François V, Michel T, Nathaly G
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2015 Aug;30(7):762-4. Epub 2015 May 27 doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2015.05.012. PMID: 26048242
Peat G, Thomas E, Duncan R, Wood L, Wilkie R, Hill J, Hay EM, Croft P
Arthritis Rheum 2007 Jun 15;57(5):794-802. doi: 10.1002/art.22785. PMID: 17530679

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