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Climbing up on Oneself

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Climbing up on Oneself
A clinical sign for the manner in which children with well-developed Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy (DMD) rise from a sitting to a standing position by grasping and pulling on body parts from the knees to hips until they are in an erect position

climbing up on oneself
Gower sign Neurology A clinical sign for the manner in which children with well-developed Duchenne's muscular dystrophy–DMD, rise from a sitting to a standing position, by grasping and pulling on body parts from the knees to hips until they are in an erect position


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