• Sit without support (WHO): Sits up straight with the head erect for at least 10 seconds. Does not use arms or hands to balance body or support position.
• Transfer: Can transfer from bed to a chair and vice versa without help from another person. Use of an assistive device such as a transfer board is permitted.
• Stand without assistance (WHO): Stands in upright position on both feet (not on the toes) with the back straight. The legs support 100% of the body weight. There is no contact with a person or object. Stands alone for at least 10 seconds.
• Get up from chair: Can get up from a chair without help from another person. Use of armrests for support is permitted.
• Rise from floor: Can rise from the floor without help from another person and without contact to any object such as furniture. The starting position (e.g. sitting or lying) is irrelevant.
• Walk without assistance (WHO): Takes at least 5 steps independently in upright position with the back straight. One leg moves forward while the other supports most of the body weight. There is no contact with a person or object.
• Climb stairs: Climbs at least 4 stairs independently. Contact with a railing is permitted but there is no additional help from a person or other object.
• Run: Can move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both feet on the ground at the same time.
• Useful function of hands (RULM/PUL): Can use hands to hold pencil or pick up a token or drive a powered chair, use phone key pad. Corresponds to a score of 1 of the RULM/PUL entry item and to a grade of 5 on the Brooke scale.
• Reach overhead in a sitting position (RULM/PUL): Can raise both arms simultaneously above head whilst in a sitting position. Corresponds to a score of 5 or 6 on the RULM/PUL entry item and to a grade of 1 or 2 on the Brooke scale.
• Raise hands to mouth in a sitting position (RULM/PUL): Can raise one or two hands to mouth whilst in a sitting position. Corresponds to a score of 2 on the RULM entry item and to a grade of 4 on the Brooke scale.

Abilities marked with “WHO” are taken from the WHO Motor Milestones; those marked with “RULM/PUL” are contained in the entry items of the Revised Upper Limb Module for SMA and the Performance of the Upper Limb Module for DMD 2.0 as well as, with different grades, in the Brooke scale.