Sentences with phrase «dystrophy walk»

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While years of being on the steroids cause growth suppression, osteoporosis and other bad side effects, boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy walk two to three years longer if they take steroids.

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Toe walking is sometimes the result of cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy or another generalized disease of nerve and muscle.

Their study published online ahead of print in PNAS Early Edition suggests a new therapeutic strategy for patients with Duchene muscular dystrophy, a progressive neuromuscular condition, caused by a lack of dystrophin, that usually leaves patients unable to walk on their own by age 10 - 15.

The research, which appears online Aug. 1 in the journal Annals of Neurology, is the first study from a double - blind controlled randomized trial of an exon - skipping agent to provide conclusive proof based on the standard six - minute walk test used to measure muscle function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children.

McNally initiated the research because she wanted to understand how prednisone — which is given to treat individuals with a form of muscular dystrophy called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy — prolongs patients» ability to walk independently and stay out of a whdystrophy called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy — prolongs patients» ability to walk independently and stay out of a whDystrophy — prolongs patients» ability to walk independently and stay out of a wheelchair.