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Exploring the Content Validity of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures to Capture the Patient Experience of Becker Muscular Dystrophy. [PDF]

Muscle Nerve
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims The patient experience of Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is not well understood, making it difficult to evaluate the conceptual relevance of proposed patient‐reported outcome (PRO) measures. This study aimed to conceptualize the patient experience of BMD and evaluate content validity and perceptions of meaningful changes of ...
Bronson A, Mellor K, Kilburn N, Fischer R, Aldhouse N, Marshall C, Al-Zubeidi T.   +6 more
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Comparative proteomic analyses of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy muscles: changes contributing to preserve muscle function in Becker muscular dystrophy patients

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2020
Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are characterized by muscle wasting leading to loss of ambulation in the first or third decade, respectively.
Daniele Capitanio, Cecilia Gelfi, Manuela Moriggi   +2 more
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Innovative therapeutic approach in becker muscular dystrophy. From murine model to focal muscle vibration: a case report assessment through gait analysis [PDF]

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
Background/objectivesIn patients with Becker Muscle Dystrophy, muscle spindles show slight morphological alterations and in mouse models' neuromuscular spindles are preserved but show functional alterations, such as increased discharge at rest and ...
Filippo Camerota, Claudia Celletti, Chiara Bagnardi, Alessia Rampon, Federico Zangrando, Marco Paoloni, Guido Maria Filippi, Manuela Minozzi, Massimiliano Mangone, Enrico Bertini   +9 more
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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 combined with becker muscular dystrophy: a family case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Genetics
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are distinct disorders caused by different genetic variations and exhibiting different inheritance patterns.
Menglin Tan, Huiyi Huo, Jieming Feng, Chandi Wang, Suhua Jiang   +4 more
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Atypical reaction to anesthesia in Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia, 2018
Background and objectives Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy affects skeletal muscles and leads to progressive muscle weakness and risk of atypical anesthetic reactions following exposure to succinylcholine or halogenated agents.
Helga Cristina Almeida da Silva, Marcia Hiray, Mariz Vainzof, Beny Schmidt, Acary Souza Bulle Oliveira, José Luiz Gomes do Amaral   +5 more
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A review of diagnosis of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy [PDF]

Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ Medicinasy, 2021
Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy are progressive serious neuromuscular disorders. We have reviewed contemporary data on diagnosis of DMD and BMD. Searches were carried out from 2010 to 2020. This article discusses clinical signs,
Dana Chunkayeva, Altynshash Jaxybayeva
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The inflammatory pathology of dysferlinopathy is distinct from calpainopathy, Becker muscular dystrophy, and inflammatory myopathies

Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2022
The descriptions of muscle pathology in dysferlinopathy patients have classically included an inflammatory infiltrate that can mimic inflammatory myopathies.
Nicole Becker, Steven A. Moore, Karra A. Jones   +2 more
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Dilated cardiomyopathy as the initial presentation of Becker muscular dystrophy: a systematic review of published cases

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022
There are scarce publications regarding the presentation and outcome of Becker muscular dystrophy in adulthood when idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy is the initial disease manifestation.
Gaspar Del Rio-Pertuz, Cristina Morataya, Kanak Parmar, Sarah Dubay, Erwin Argueta-Sosa   +4 more
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Patients With Becker Muscular Dystrophy Have Severe Paraspinal Muscle Involvement

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Introduction: Paraspinal muscles are important for gross motor functions. Impairment of these muscles can lead to poor postural control and ambulation difficulty.
Aisha M. Sheikh, Karen Rudolf, Josefine de Stricker Borch, Tahmina Khawajazada, Nanna Witting, John Vissing   +5 more
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Circulating Biomarkers in Muscular Dystrophies: Disease and Therapy Monitoring

Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development, 2020
Muscular dystrophies are a group of inherited disorders that primarily affect the muscle tissues. Across the muscular dystrophies, symptoms commonly compromise the quality of life in all areas of functioning.
Andrie Koutsoulidou, Leonidas A. Phylactou   +1 more
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