A new study using neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in zebrafish found that certain activities may help strengthen muscles affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a severe type of muscular ...

For more than two decades, researchers at the University of Basel, Switzerland, have been investigating a severe form of ...

The Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences today announced that Joseph Roche, assistant professor for the physical therapy program in the Department of Health ...

A story about how Keisha Greaves turned her Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy diagnosis into Girls Chronically Rock, an adaptive fashion brand and nonprofit movement supporting the disability community.

ST. LOUIS — The 2025 Muscular Dystrophy Association "Show of Strength" on Sunday raised more than $195,000 to help people living with neuromuscular diseases in the St. Louis area. For nearly 40 years, ...

Adding exercise to a genetic treatment for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) was more effective at reversing fatigue than administering the treatment alone in a study using a mouse model of the disease.

Exercise has been a part of Jillian Mercado’s life for almost as long as she can remember—even if it wasn’t always a welcome part. The L-Word: Generation Q star began working with a physical therapist ...

Gabriel Vergara had always been a starter. His youth baseball career was promising, until his coaches took greater notice of him, but for the wrong reasons. Something was off. An otherwise athletic 11 ...

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