Impairment and activity limitation associated with epiphyseal dysplasia in children

Damignani R, Young NL, Cole WG, Anthony AM, Badley EM. Impairment and activity limitation associated with epiphyseal dysplasia in children. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004;85:1647–52. To develop a profile of impairment and activity limitation among children with epiphyseal dysplasia (ED) and to identify the relationship between these 2 domains. Cross-sectional study. Acute, pediatric academic and health sciences center. Eleven subjects with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED) and 17 subjects with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (SED), with a mean age of 12.9 years. Not applicable. Anthropometric indexes of growth and nutrition, joint range of motion (ROM) and alignment, muscle strength, pain, and activity limitation. Subjects with SED had significantly shorter stature than the reference population ( P