Outside of a gait laboratory, this investigation compared gait pattern differences between children who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and their typically developing counterparts to gain ...

However, only one of these is a “genuine” or Duchenne smile. Discovered by French anatomist Duchenne de Boulogne in 1862, the key difference between this “real” happy smile and a “fake ...

Others are more serious and can cause life-threatening muscle weakness. Most children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy will need a wheelchair to get around by the time they're teenagers.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a rare progressive disorder. People with DMD are missing muscle-protecting protein. This is due to a fault in the gene producing dystrophin. Muscles to become ...

However, his gait was a little different. Graham was diagnosed with Duchenne’s, too.The Andrews’ world was turned upside down. While insurance paid for some critical needs as the boys ...

Both cycling and home-based exercise training helped maintain gait and balance parameters in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), with cycling training also improving antero-posterior ...