Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Hypertrophic and Pseudo-Hypertrophic Changes in Lower Leg Muscles of Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Their Relationship to Functional Measurements.

The primary objectives of this study were to evaluate contractile and non-contractile content of lower leg muscles of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and determine the relationships between non-contractile content and functional abilities.Lower leg muscles of thirty-two boys with DMD and...

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Main Authors: Ravneet S Vohra, Donovan Lott, Sunita Mathur, Claudia Senesac, Jasjit Deol, Sean Germain, Roxanna Bendixen, Sean C Forbes, H Lee Sweeney, Glenn A Walter, Krista Vandenborne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4477876?pdf=render