Table 1 Specific categories along with the illustrative diagnoses, numbers in each group, mean age, gender and functional scores represented by the Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI) for each category

Primary muscle or neuromuscular junction disorder (n = 17)

Muscular dystrophy (n = 9)

Polymyositis (n = 5)

Myasthenic syndrome (n = 1)

Acid-maltase deficiency (n = 1)

Familial periodic paralysis (n = 1)

53.4 (12.4)

8 male, 9 female

12 (9 to 15)

51.7 (11.0)

8 male, 9 female (n = 17)

Peripheral nerve disorder with sensory loss (n = 18)

Guillain Barré syndrome (n = 9)

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy or sensory/motor neuropathy (n = 7)

Axonal sensory/motor polyneuropathy (n = 1)

Sensory peripheral polyneuropathy (n = 1)

56.7 (13.9)

7 male, 11 female

11.5 (4 to 15)

56.7 (11.0)

7 male, 11 female (n = 18)

Lower motor neuron (LMN) disorder with no or minor sensory loss (n = 12)

Motor neuropathy (n = 3)

Motor neuron disease (clinical LMN signs only) (n = 3)

Spinal muscular atrophy (n = 5)

Lower motor neuron syndrome (n = 1)

52.9 (14.9)

10 male, 2 female

12 (4 to 15)

57.0 (13.5)

14 male; 9 female (n = 24)

Upper motor neuron lesions (UMN) (n = 12)

Hereditary spastic paraplegia Motor neuron disease with clinical UMN signs only (n = 1)

Pyramidal Adrenoleukodystrophy (manifesting carrier) (n = 1)

51.6 (11.6)

7 male, 5 female

11.5 (7 to 14)

56.8 (14.5)

14 male; 9 female (n = 24)

Extra-pyramidal disorder (n = 15)

Parkinson's disease (PD) (n = 15)

64.3 (10.4)

11 male, 4 female

14 (9 to 15)

64.7 (9.5)

11 male, 4 female