Rehabilitation interventions for foot drop in neuromuscular disease [PDF]
, 2007 "Foot drop" or "Floppy foot drop" is the term commonly used to describe weakness or contracture of the muscles around the ankle joint.
Disler, Peter B. +3 more
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022 Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe, X-linked, progressive neuromuscular disorder clinically characterised by muscle weakening and extremely high serum creatine kinase levels.
Xing-Chuan Li +4 more
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Exercise Training in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2022 Objective: To evaluate the effects and safety of exercise training, and to determine the most effective exercise intervention for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Stian Hammer +7 more
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Gigantic Stomach: A Rare Manifestation of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [PDF]
, 2019 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by degeneration and atrophy of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles after a latent period of apparently normal development and function. The gastrointestinal manifestations start in the second decade of
Dhaliwal, Amaninder +4 more
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Therapeutics in Duchenne muscular dystrophy [PDF]
NeuroRX, 2006 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal disorder affecting approximately 1 in 3,500 live born males, characterized by progressive muscle weakness. Several different strategies are being investigated in developing a cure for this disorder. Until a cure is found, therapeutic and supportive care is essential in preventing complications and improving ...
Jonathan B. Strober +2 more
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Quantifying disease activity in fatty-infiltrated skeletal muscle by IDEAL-CPMG in Duchenne muscular dystrophy [PDF]
, 2016 The purpose of this study was to explore the use of iterative decomposition of water and fat with echo asymmetry and least-squares estimation Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (IDEAL-CPMG) to simultaneously measure skeletal muscle apparent fat fraction and water
Auh, S +5 more
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Implicit learning deficit in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Evidence for a cerebellar cognitive impairment? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 This study aimed at comparing implicit sequence learning in individuals affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy without intellectual disability and age-matched typically developing children.
Stefano Vicari +16 more
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Investigating synthetic oligonucleotide targeting of miR31 in Duchenne muscular dystrophy [PDF]
, 2016 Exon-skipping via synthetic antisense oligonucleotides represents one of the most promising potential therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), yet this approach is highly sequence-specific and thus each oligonucleotide is of benefit to only a ...
Hildyard, J C W, Wells, D J
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The 6-minute walk test and other endpoints in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: longitudinal natural history observations over 48 weeks from a multicenter study. [PDF]
, 2013 IntroductionDuchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) subjects ≥5 years with nonsense mutations were followed for 48 weeks in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ataluren.
Abresch, R Ted +12 more
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Cardiac function associated with home ventilator care in Duchenne muscular dystrophy [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2018 PurposeCardiomyopathy is becoming the leading cause of death in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy because mechanically assisted lung ventilation and assisted coughing have helped resolve respiratory complications.
Sangheun Lee +3 more
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