Endocrine Abstracts

Short stature and osteoporosis are common in DMD. Glucocorticoids slow disease progression but are associated with further growth retardation and skeletal fragility. The muscular dystrophy x-linked (mdx) mouse is the most commonly used animal model of DMD. However, the phenotype is relatively mild and few medications that have shown therapeutic benefit in the mdx have translated clinically. The utrophin heterozygous mdx mice might be more appropriate...

Introduction: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is associated with progressive decline in muscle function and loss of ambulation in the teenage years. Objective assessments of upper limb performance are required but functional assessments and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are time consuming and costly. ACTIVE-seated (Ability Captured Through Interactive Video Evaluation) is a fun, inexpensive, movement tracking video game that can measure Functional Reaching Volume (FRV). <...