One of the first symptoms of LGMD is typically a weakening of the muscles in the hip and shoulder girdles. The hip girdle is a ring-like bone structure in the pelvic area, consisting of the pelvis, ...

Neighborhood-level disadvantages are linked to reduced lower limb strength and mobility in older adults, emphasizing the need ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Survey data provided insight into the symptomatic burden of limb girdle muscular dystrophy, according to study ...

Scientists say they know which isoform of a key protein is most likely to lead to a rare type of muscular dystrophy. Investigators have uncovered a mechanism that appears to trigger a rare form of ...

1 Department of Physical Education, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (Republic of) 2 Frontier Research Institute of Convergence Sports Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (Republic of) ...

It's not easy to distinguish between the dozens of subtypes of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic muscle disease characterized by weakness in the hips and shoulders that causes ...

A waddling gait happens because of weakness in your hip girdle and upper thigh muscles. To make up for the weakness, you sway from side to side and your hip drops with each step. It’s also called ...

A lower-limb rehabilitation monitoring system for post-stroke patients developed by a group of five students has received a ...

Extremity reconstruction surgery can be life-changing for people whose hands, arms or legs have been affected by cancer, an infection, a traumatic injury, congenital (birth) defect, or other ...