A child with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy rises from the floor by walking up the thighs with the hands. The nurse records this observation as:
a. hand-assistance.
b. leg crawling.
c. Gowers' sign.
d. Bright's sign.
C
Using the hands to walk up the thighs is known as Gowers' sign.
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