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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
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Graduate
03/02/2011

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Term
EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL SIGNS OF OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (SOFT SIGNS)
Definition
1. PSEUDOHYPERTROPHY
2. GOWER'S SIGN/MANEUVER
3. TRENDELENBERG GAIT
4. KYPHOSIS
5. LORDOSIS
6. SCOLIOSIS
Term
PSEUDOHYPERTROPHY
Definition
ENLARGED CALF MUSCLES. BUILDUP OF FATTY MATERIALS
Term
GOWER'S SIGN/ MANEUVER
Definition
TRYING TO STAND FROM A SITTING (W SITTING)
Term
TRENDELENBERG GAIT
Definition
WIDE WADDLING-TYPE GAIT WHEN WALKING
Term
KYPHOSIS
Definition
CONVEX CURVATURE OF THE UPPER (THORACIC) PART OF THE SPINE
Term
LORDOSIS
Definition
CONCAVE CURVATURE OF THE LOWER (LUMBER)SPINE--- ('SADDLE' BACK LIKE A HORSE)
Term
SCOLIOSIS
Definition
GENERAL TERM FOR CURVATURES OF THE SPINE
Term
DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Definition
CAUSED B A RECESSIVE X LINKED CHROMOSOME THAT LACKS DYSTROPHIN. MOST COMMON IN CHILDREN
Term
MYOTOINIC MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Definition
2ND MOST COMMONG TYPE OF DYSTROPHY FOUND IN ADULTS. DROOPING EYELIDS (PTOSIS) OFTEN PRESENT AS IN TURNERS SYNDROME.
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