Duchenne muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive degenerative muscle disease, affecting, among others, the upper extremities. Effective hand rehabilitation can improve the hand function of people with DMD. To reach this goal, we first need to gain more insight into the hand cognitive-motor performance …

Bewegen is goed voor kinderen, zo beogen vele instanties. Daarom wordt het veel gestimuleerd en geadviseerd. Deze adviezen zijn echter gebaseerd op onderzoeken met gezonde kinderen. Maar hoe zit dit met chronisch zieke kinderen? De ziekte van Duchenne is een voorbeeld van ziektes waarbij nog erg weinig …

The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of quantitative muscle ultrasound (QMUS) to visualize oral muscles and to establish normative data for muscle thickness and echo intensity of submental and tongue muscles in healthy children and young adults. The data were compared with those of …

Dysphagia is reported in advanced stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The population of DMD is changing due to an increasing survival. We aimed to describe the dysphagia in consecutive stages and to assess the underlying mechanisms of dysphagia in DMD, in order to develop mechanism based recommendations …