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October 06, 2020; 95 (14) Article

Muscle strength and motor function in adolescents and adults with spinal muscular atrophy

View ORCID ProfileCamiel A. Wijngaarde, View ORCID ProfileMarloes Stam, View ORCID ProfileLouise A.M. Otto, View ORCID ProfileBart Bartels, Fay-Lynn Asselman, View ORCID ProfileRuben P.A. van Eijk, View ORCID ProfileLeonard H. van den Berg, H. Stephan Goedee, View ORCID ProfileRenske I. Wadman, View ORCID ProfileW. Ludo van der Pol
First published July 30, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000010540
Camiel A. Wijngaarde
From the Department of Neurology (C.A.W., M.S., L.A.M.O., F.-L.A., R.P.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B., H.S.G., R.I.W., W.L.v.d.P.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Child Development and Exercise Center (B.B.), and Department of Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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Louise A.M. Otto
From the Department of Neurology (C.A.W., M.S., L.A.M.O., F.-L.A., R.P.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B., H.S.G., R.I.W., W.L.v.d.P.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Child Development and Exercise Center (B.B.), and Department of Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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Bart Bartels
From the Department of Neurology (C.A.W., M.S., L.A.M.O., F.-L.A., R.P.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B., H.S.G., R.I.W., W.L.v.d.P.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Child Development and Exercise Center (B.B.), and Department of Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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Fay-Lynn Asselman
From the Department of Neurology (C.A.W., M.S., L.A.M.O., F.-L.A., R.P.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B., H.S.G., R.I.W., W.L.v.d.P.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Child Development and Exercise Center (B.B.), and Department of Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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From the Department of Neurology (C.A.W., M.S., L.A.M.O., F.-L.A., R.P.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B., H.S.G., R.I.W., W.L.v.d.P.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Child Development and Exercise Center (B.B.), and Department of Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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Leonard H. van den Berg
From the Department of Neurology (C.A.W., M.S., L.A.M.O., F.-L.A., R.P.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B., H.S.G., R.I.W., W.L.v.d.P.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Child Development and Exercise Center (B.B.), and Department of Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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H. Stephan Goedee
From the Department of Neurology (C.A.W., M.S., L.A.M.O., F.-L.A., R.P.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B., H.S.G., R.I.W., W.L.v.d.P.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Child Development and Exercise Center (B.B.), and Department of Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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Renske I. Wadman
From the Department of Neurology (C.A.W., M.S., L.A.M.O., F.-L.A., R.P.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B., H.S.G., R.I.W., W.L.v.d.P.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Child Development and Exercise Center (B.B.), and Department of Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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W. Ludo van der Pol
From the Department of Neurology (C.A.W., M.S., L.A.M.O., F.-L.A., R.P.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B., H.S.G., R.I.W., W.L.v.d.P.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Child Development and Exercise Center (B.B.), and Department of Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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Muscle strength and motor function in adolescents and adults with spinal muscular atrophy
Camiel A. Wijngaarde, Marloes Stam, Louise A.M. Otto, Bart Bartels, Fay-Lynn Asselman, Ruben P.A. van Eijk, Leonard H. van den Berg, H. Stephan Goedee, Renske I. Wadman, W. Ludo van der Pol
Neurology Oct 2020, 95 (14) e1988-e1998; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000010540

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vol. 95 no. 14 e1988-e1998
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000010540
PubMed: 
32732299

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received January 29, 2020
  • Accepted in final form April 27, 2020
  • First Published July 30, 2020.

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    1. Camiel A. Wijngaarde, MD,
    2. Marloes Stam, MD,
    3. Louise A.M. Otto, MD,
    4. Bart Bartels, MSc, PPT,
    5. Fay-Lynn Asselman, BSc,
    6. Ruben P.A. van Eijk, MD, PhD,
    7. Leonard H. van den Berg, MD,
    8. H. Stephan Goedee, MD, PhD,
    9. Renske I. Wadman, MD, PhD* and
    10. W. Ludo van der Pol, MD, PhD*
  1. Camiel A. Wijngaarde, MD,
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  3. Marloes Stam, MD,
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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  5. Louise A.M. Otto, MD,
  6. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
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    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
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    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
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    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
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  7. Bart Bartels, MSc, PPT,
  8. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
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    1. NONE

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    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
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    Legal Proceedings:
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  9. Fay-Lynn Asselman, BSc,
  10. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
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  11. Ruben P.A. van Eijk, MD, PhD,
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  13. Leonard H. van den Berg, MD,
  14. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Scientific Advisory Boards of Orion, Orphazyme, Treeway, Calico.

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. Octapharma, Takeda

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal DegenerationJournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and PsychiatryNeuromuscular Disorders

    Patents:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
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    Other Activities:
    1. received an educational grant from Takeda

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (Vici scheme, JPND)

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  15. H. Stephan Goedee, MD, PhD,
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    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. Travel grand and speaker from Shire/Baxalta/Takeda. This entity had no rol in any of the aspects described in the manuscript (study design, data acquisition, analysis, drafting and revision of manuscript).

    Editorial Boards:
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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. Supported by the Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds (W.OR14-08). This entity had no rol in any of the aspects described in the manuscript (study design, data acquisition, analysis, drafting and revision of manuscript).

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  17. Renske I. Wadman, MD, PhD* and
  18. Scientific Advisory Boards:
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    1. Travel grant form the Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds

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  19. W. Ludo van der Pol, MD, PhD*
  20. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Non-profit entity: SAB SMA Europe My employer received compensation from: Commercial: Data Monitoring Committee Novartis (Branaplam) Commercial: Scientific Advisory Board Biogen (Nusinersen) Commercial: Scientific Advisory Board Avexis (Zolgensma)

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

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    Patents:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Research support from the Prinses Beatrix Fonds, Vriendenloterij and Stichting Spieren voor Spieren

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  1. From the Department of Neurology (C.A.W., M.S., L.A.M.O., F.-L.A., R.P.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B., H.S.G., R.I.W., W.L.v.d.P.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Child Development and Exercise Center (B.B.), and Department of Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
  1. Correspondence
    Prof. van der Pol w.l.vanderpol{at}umcutrecht.nl or Dr. Wijngaarde c.a.wijngaarde-2{at}umcutrecht.nl
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