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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., Sackley, Catherine, Turner-Stokes, Lynne, Wade, Derick T.   +3 more
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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, 2007
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is caused by a cascade of epigenetic events following contraction of the polymorphic macrosatellite repeat D4Z4 in the subtelomere of chromosome 4q. Currently, the central issue is whether immediate downstream effects are local (i.e., at chromosome 4q) or global (genome-wide) and there is evidence for both ...
Maarel, S.M. van der, Frants, R.R., Padberg, G.W.A.M.   +2 more
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Medium to long-term outcome of thoracoscapular arthrodesis with screw fixation for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Shoulder girdle muscle weakness is the most constant feature of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and leads to scapular winging. Mechanical fixation of the scapula to the thoracic wall provides a stable fulcrum on which the deltoid ...
Atoun, Ehud, Copeland, Stephen, Levy, Ofer, Narvani, Ali, Sforza, Giuseppe, Van Tongel, Alexander   +5 more
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Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy [PDF]

Neurologic Clinics, 2014
ABSTRACT Purpose of Review: This article describes the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, molecular pathogenesis, and treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Recent Findings: FSHD comprises two genetically distinct types that converge on a common ...
Jeffrey Statland, Rabi Tawil
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One episode of low intensity aerobic exercise prior to systemic AAV9 administration augments transgene delivery to the heart and skeletal muscle

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2023
Introduction The promising potential of adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene delivery strategies to treat genetic disorders continues to grow with an additional three AAV-based therapies recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration and dozens of ...
Christina A. Pacak, Silveli Suzuki-Hatano, Fatemeh Khadir, Audrey L. Daugherty, Mughil Sriramvenugopal, Bennett J. Gosiker, Peter B. Kang, William Todd Cade   +7 more
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Testing the Feasibility of a Passive and Active Case Ascertainment System for Multiple Rare Conditions Simultaneously: The Experience in Three US States [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Owing to their low prevalence, single rare conditions are difficult to monitor through current state passive and active case ascertainment systems.
Mann, Joshua, McDermott, Suzanne, Reichard, Amanda, Royer, Julie, Ruttenber, Margaret, Smith, Michael G., Valdez, Rodolfo   +6 more
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Ribitol restores functionally glycosylated α-dystroglycan and improves muscle function in dystrophic FKRP-mutant mice

Nature Communications, 2018
Mutations in FKRP impair glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan, leading to muscular dystrophy. Here, the authors show that oral administration of ribitol increases dystropglycan glycosylation and ameliorates symptoms of muscular dystrophy in FKRP-deficient
Marcela P. Cataldi, Peijuan Lu, Anthony Blaeser, Qi Long Lu   +3 more
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Clinical expression of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy in carriers of 1-3 D4Z4 reduced alleles: Experience of the FSHD Italian National Registry [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVES: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) has been genetically linked to reduced numbers ( 64 8) of D4Z4 repeats at 4q35. Particularly severe FSHD cases, characterised by an infantile onset and presence of additional extra ...
Angelini, Corrado, Antonini, Giovanni, Berardinelli, Angela, Brisca, Giacomo, Bruno, Claudio, Bucci, Elisabetta, Cao, Michelangelo, D'Amico, Maria Chiara, D'Angelo, Maria Grazia, Di Muzio, Antonio, Fiorillo, Chiara, Govi, Monica, Maggi, Lorenzo, Mele, Fabiano, Moggio, Maurizio, Mongini, Tiziana, Morandi, Lucia, Nikolic, Ana, Pegoraro, Elena, Ravaglia, Sabrina, Ricci, Giulia, Rodolico, Carmelo, Rossi, Marta, Ruggiero, Lucia, Santoro, Lucio, Sera, Francesco, Siciliano, Gabriele, Tomelleri, Giuliano, Tupler, Rossella, Vercelli, Liliana, Villa, Luisa   +30 more
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Generation of iMyoblasts from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Bio-Protocol, 2022
Skeletal muscle stem cells differentiated from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) serve as a uniquely promising model system for investigating human myogenesis and disease pathogenesis, and for the development of gene editing and regenerative ...
Dongsheng Guo, Katelyn Daman, Danielle Durso, Jing Yan, Charles Emerson   +4 more
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Fortnightly review: The muscular dystrophies

BMJ, 1998
The muscular dystrophies are inherited myogenic disorders characterised by progressive muscle wasting and weakness of variable distribution and severity. They can be subdivided into several groups, including congenital forms, in accordance with the distribution of predominant muscle weakness: Duchenne and Becker; Emery-Dreifuss; distal ...
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