A new study using neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in zebrafish found that certain activities may help strengthen muscles affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a severe type of muscular ...

Physical therapy supports Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) care by maintaining strength and flexibility, improving movement, and lowering the risk of contractures. A physical therapist also monitors ...

The level of disability caused by muscular dystrophy varies widely depending on which of the many types of the disease a person has and when the symptoms of the disease first appear. For some people ...

There are more than 30 different kinds of muscular dystrophy (MD), which are muscle diseases that are caused by mutations (or variations) in a person’s genes. The abnormal genes disrupt the production ...

Muscular dystrophy is a type of disease that causes the muscles in your body to lose strength and mass. As your muscles become weaker over time, it may be hard for you to do normal activities.