Body positions and movement patterns in female patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

摘要: Abstract Female patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH; N = 33; 11–41 years), simple-virilizing (SV) (N 19), salt-wasting (SW) 13), and sister controls 14) were compared regard to their body positions movement patterns. Data collection comprised both self assessments mothers' using 20 sex-dimorphic items corresponding “more masculine” feminine” versions for each variable, represented in photographs (forced-choice approach). Primarily based on assessments, single-item results suggested slightly more masculine patterns female CAH sisters, SW distinct than SV patients. Results from an 11-item scale (“motor behavior”, α 0.59) revealed differences between (more masculine) (P, one-tailed,