Surface electromyography (SEMG) is still rarely used in clinical settings for the detection and
analysis of myoelectric signals. The electromyographic signal detected on the skin surface …

The adult and juvenile myositis syndromes, commonly referred to collectively as idiopathic
inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), are systemic autoimmune diseases with the hallmarks of …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an incurable X-linked muscle-wasting disease
caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. Gene therapy using highly functional …

The aim of the present study was to assess the reliability of shear elastic modulus
measurements performed using supersonic shear imaging (SSI) in nine resting muscles (ie …

A 26-years old Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patient received normal muscle-
precursor cells, proliferated in vitro and implanted in a thenar eminence, biceps brachii, and …

Background Grip strength is a variable which may be important to measure and follow in
various populations. A new dynamometer with high accuracy and sensitivity has recently …

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a monogenic disorder caused by loss of function
mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 gene, which results in a broad range of disease …

Background Outcome measures for clinical trials in neuromuscular diseases are typically
based on physical assessments which are dependent on patient effort, combine the effort of …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe muscle-wasting disorder caused by
mutations in the dystrophin gene, without curative treatment yet available. Our study …

Summary Background Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) is a hereditary
peripheral neuropathy that affects roughly one in 5000 births. No specific therapy currently …