TS-002384 — Movement disorders in the United States are often diagnosed after the infant stage. However, early detection and intervention can result in better outcomes. Physical therapists and researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital developed the BabySure which detects abnormal movements early on. The device uses color tracking and a depth camera system to track movements in a 2-minute video, which is then compiled to generate a Motor Function Score to compare to typical age-matched peers for early identification or to monitor movement changes in children with known movement impairments.

TS-000596 — Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a severe neuromuscular disease and the leading genetic cause of infant mortality. Moreover, existing treatments suffer from notable floor and ceiling effects and also poorly discriminate improved motor performance in patients. To circumvent these challenges, researchers at Nationwide children’s have developed the Neuromuscular Gross Motor Outcome (GRO) worksheet. The GRO worksheet is a gross motor outcome measure designed to assess whole body strength, motor development and function for all levels of ability across the lifespan in those diagnosed with SMA. Hence, the GRO worksheet is the ideal outcome measure tool for SMA or similar conditions to answer the need to quantity gross motor ability across a wide age span.

TS-000501 — Research in the field of neuromuscular disease is increasing at an astonishing pace. However, there is no current standardization in the evaluation of the ambulatory status of patients. Researchers at Nationwide Children’s have devised a guide that stratifies patients into ambulatory statuses for data analysis and group assignment. Unlike the traditional binary stratification, this method adds a third stratification which is very important for clinical trial planning and an accurate assessment of the ambulatory status of patients.