Austin Pinkerton may have muscular dystrophy but that hasn’t stopped him from enjoying his favorite sport, basketball. According to WHNT19 News, the senior at Hazel Green High School is the manager of the school’s varsity boys basketball team, the Trojans. High school teen Bryan Arnold from Anchorage…
The strength of neck-flexing muscles not only affects torso movements but also the overall daily performance of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a study has found. A key implication is that taking steps to maintain neck muscle strength early in the disease may improve the children’s movements. The research also…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday announced the approval of the corticosteroid drug deflazacort (under the trade name Emflaza) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
According to The Morning Call, 23-year-old DeSales University graduate Derek Szena desperately wants to visit Disney World, but the cost of getting there and taking the nursing staff that he needs with him would cost more than $15,000. Find out what it’s like to live with a muscle…
Duchenne and Becker are two of the most common types of muscular dystrophy (MD). Both types of the disease mainly affect boys, with Duchenne MD (DMD) usually being diagnosed between the ages of three and five, and Becker MD (BMD) between the ages of 11 and 25. Although they tend to…
An update on the current therapeutic approaches being developed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been published in the journal Pharmacotherapy.
Researchers suggest a mutation in the INPP5K gene caused a new type of congenital muscular dystrophy. Individuals affected by the unique mutation also have a short stature, intellectual disabilities, and cataracts. The study, “Mutations in INPP5K Cause a Form of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Overlapping Marinesco-Sjögren Syndrome and Dystroglycanopathy,” was a…
Two non-invasive strategies for measuring muscle function and its properties, electromechanical delay and ultrasound shear wave elastography, may help detect muscle impairments and assist in monitoring Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients’ responses to therapy. The study “Effects of Duchenne muscular dystrophy on muscle stiffness and response to electrically-induced muscle…
Gene variations that decrease the production of a certain protein appear to reduce muscle strength in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) but improve their disease progression, according to a study. The research, “Evidence For ACTN3 As A Genetic Modifier Of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy,” was published in the journal…
Crutches have long been a cumbersome device that designers haven’t thought twice about—until now. As you can see in this video from max, crutches have finally been given a much-needed makeover. Wearable robot hand could give muscular dystrophy patients better hand control. Instead of supporting the…
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