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Table 1 Evaluation of the patient’s motor function before and after steroid therapy

From: HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraplegia with sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy: a case report

Examinations

Day -6 test results

Day 4 test results

10 m walk test (steps/time) 1st exam

54 steps / 34 s

34 steps / 23 s

2nd exam

50 steps / 31 s

31 steps / 23 s

2 min walk test (distance)

35 m

54 m

Manual muscle test (MMT) of iliopsoas

Right 4/5, Left 4/5

Right 5/5, Left 5/5

  1. The patient was evaluated 6 days before receiving high-dose methylprednisolone (1000 mg per day) infusion therapy on Days 1, 2, and 3 and then re-tested on Day