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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to investigate the paradoxical muscle enlargement in the calves and tongue seen in patients affected by Becker muscular dystrophy and Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I. The enlarged calves' muscle quality will be assessed primarily on the basis of the muscle structure on MRI and based on a calculation of muscle strength per cross-sectional area.The findings will be compared with results from non-affected controls. Additionally we want to describe the tongue muscle appearance on T1-weighted MRI.
The investigators aim to investigate the effect of high-intensity training in patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Can patients benefit from this type of exercise without muscle damage.
An investigation of disease progression in adult danish patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. The disease progression is followed for a year with two test-days, including functional muscle tests and a MRI scan of muscles in the back and legs.
Background: - Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) do not have cures. But future treatments will try to improve the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in people with NMD. Computer questionnaires can help test HRQoL in people with NMD. They could help clinicians and researchers know how people with NMD and their caregivers are doing. They could also help show if treatments are making a difference. Researchers want to make sure two of these questionnaires PROMIS (Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) and Neuro-QOL (Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders) work the same way every time. They also want to make sure the questionnaires test the same things every time. Objective: - To make sure the PROMIS and Neuro-QOL questionnaires are valid. Eligibility: - Children age 8 17 who have NMD. Also, caregivers of children age 5 17 who have NMD. Design: - Participants will complete the PROMIS and Neuro-QOL questionnaires on a computer. The caregiver and child versions are not the same. - Participants will complete the questionnaires at the beginning of the study. It will take about 15 20 minutes. They will complete the questionnaires again after 2 4 weeks. They may receive phone or email reminders. - Participants will complete the questionnaires at the NIH outpatient clinic and/or on their own device. At NIH, they will use a computer or tablet.
This study is intended to build on a growing body of literature showing a blood flow abnormality in patients with Becker muscular dystrophy. The investigators' laboratory recently showed that this blood flow abnormality could be corrected by a single oral dose of the drug Tadalafil (also known as Cialis). The investigators now wish to replicate these exciting results using a common nitric oxide donor (sodium nitrate).
This study is utilizing ultrasound measurement to measure neuromuscular disease status in adult patients. The hypothesis is the by quantifying ultrasound data, it is possible that ultrasound can be utilized as a tool to determine if a disease is responding to therapy or progressing.
This study is designed to assess the safety, tolerability, efficacy and pharmacokinetics (PK) of NS-065/NCNP-01 in subjects diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
The purpose of this study is to determine whether increasing doses of SMT C1100 are safe, well tolerated and achieve appropriate blood levels in patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
This study is to determine whether physiologic measures (peak cough flow, measures of respiratory muscle strength including MIP, MEP ,SNIP, and spirometry) can predict spontaneous cough clearance (as measured by a nuclear medicine study) in children with neuromuscular disease. It will also determine whether airway clearance is augmented by high frequency chest wall oscillation.
The investigators propose to conduct a comparative pilot cognitive and psychiatric profiles of 10 patients Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy (= FHSD) type 1 and 10 patients with type 2 FSHD study. For this, the investigators relied on observational components: FSHD2 patients appear more often present with psychiatric comorbidities and seem to have lower cognitive performance compared to FSHD1 patients. This was confirmed by a preliminary study on a small sample population of patients. It seems to exist mainly executive dysfunction associated with attention disorders in patients FSHD2. Moreover, their performance in IQ tests would be low in relation to their socio-educational and compared with patients FSHD1 level.