Muscular dystrophy (MD) can be described as a group of diseases that cause continuing weakness and loss of muscle mass. (Article 1‚ pg.1) Muscular dystrophy effects homeostasis because abnormal genes (mutations) interrupts the production of proteins that the body needs to form healthy muscle. (Article 1‚ pg.1) The nine major forms of muscular dystrophy are Myotonic‚ Duchenne‚ Becker‚ Limb-girdle‚ Facioscapulohumeral‚ Congenital‚ Oculopharyngeal‚ Distal‚ and Emery-dreifuss. (Article 2‚ pg.1-2) The
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a muscular dystrophy but in order to understand it and how it works you will need to know about genetics and how they work and after that‚ I can tell you about a few treatments and therapies. Duchenne muscular dystrophy or DMD for short is a mutation that happens in the genes. Duchenne is mostly found in boys and rarely found in girls. Duchenne can be inherited in an x-linked fashion. The symptoms usually appear before the age of 6. Sometimes symptoms can start
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Definition • Muscular Dystrophy is a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness & a loss of muscle mass • In MD‚ abnormal genes (mutations) interfere with the production of proteins needed to form healthy muscle • There are many different kinds of Muscular Dystrophy • Symptoms of the most common variety begin in childhood‚ primarily in boys • Other types don’t surface until adulthood Definition Cont… • Some people who have MD will eventually lose the ability to walk • Some may have trouble
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Muscular Dystrophy is a disorder that is passed down through families‚ and can occur in both adulthood‚ and childhood. There are multiple types of Muscular Dystrophy such as Becker MD‚ Duchenne MD(deadly)‚ Emery-Deifuss MD‚ Facioscapulohumeral MD‚ Limb-Girdle MD‚ Myotonia MD‚ Mytonic MD etc.. Symptoms related to muscular dystrophy inlcue muscle weakness(slowly gets worse over time)‚ delayed development to muscle motor skills‚ loss of strength in a muslce/group of muscles‚ loss in muscle size‚ difficulty
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Muscular and Flexibility Project (Teen Class) My class participants have a good overall health. Many of them have strong upper body strength and a moderate strength on the legs. They lack a core body and abdominal strength and have very low levels of flexibility. They need the most amount of work in flexibility. Weekly Routine for Flexibility Workout Day Flex Exercises Muscle Stretched Reps Time Reps Time Reps Time Mon Lying Quad Stretch Quads 4 20 4 20 4 25 Mon Modified
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to care for your body so you can stay healthy and live well. Your body is made up of systems that each have a job to do. The muscular system is comprised of all the muscles in your body. Muscles are elastic and because of that your muscles could move the organs and bones that they are attached to. So you should protect your muscular system because every part of your body relies on it. Caring for your muscular system can also help prevent health problems and injuries. Some of the injuries include bruises
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The Effectiveness of Anesthesia on Spinal Muscular Atrophy Such diseases can affect the muscles. Asides from diseases‚ muscles can also be affected by its conditions. Muscular atrophy is when muscles waste away. Muscle wasting can be caused by a lack of physical activity due to a disease or injury‚ making it difficult or impossible to move certain body parts‚ such as a leg or an arm. There are other causes for muscle atrophy as well‚ but the lack of physical activity occurs to be the main reason
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Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy (MMD) is a disease genetically based and inherited from one generation to the next. Such disease is also known as dystrophia mytonica and Steinert¡¦s disease. This genetic defect was an unusual one that ascended from the unknown and shook the scientific community in the early 1990s. Unlike other types of dystrophy‚ MMD often doesn¡¦t appear to be a problem until adulthood and is characterized by myotonia‚ a delayed relaxation of the muscles after contraction. It is a form
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Those with muscular dystrophy are often hesitant when it comes to exercise. As anyone with the condition knows‚ exercise can take a toll but it can also do a lot of good. In fact‚ studies show that regular exercise can help make daily activities easier since it improves strength as well as flexibility and endurance. Those with muscular dystrophy can build nice‚ firm glutes just like everyone else. The only difference is the approach. Before you begin‚ make sure to talk to your doctor. Once you
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Muscular Strength and Endurance Lab The purpose of this lab was to provide muscular fitness tests to assess upper and lower body muscular strength and muscular endurance using resisted exercise or exercise machines. This was done through a number of tests including: max push-ups‚ max curl-ups‚ bench press‚ and leg press. Using a chart‚ the student was able to compare their max repetition of each exercise to the normal range for their age group. Muscular fitness tests are classified as increasing
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