Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Muscular Dystrophy

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for muscular dystrophy.

Reviewed January 2009

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Title:   Surgery for scoliosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Scoliosis, curvature of the spine, is common in people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. It is usually progressive and surgery is often performed aiming to halt its progression, improve cosmetic appearance, facilitate care, preserve upper limb and respi...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Calcium antagonists for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a progressive wasting condition of muscles which starts in early childhood, leads to dependence on a wheelchair by the age of thirteen and respiratory failure by late teens. The condition is due to absence of dystrophin, a...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Glucocorticoid corticosteroids for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an incurable disease of childhood. Muscle wasting and loss of walking lead to wheelchair dependence and eventually death. The precise way in which glucocorticoids increase strength is unknown. Randomised controlled trials ...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Psychostimulants for hypersomnia (excessive daytime sleepiness) in myotonic dystrophy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Myotonic dystrophy is an inherited muscular dystrophy causing muscle weakness and wasting. Many people with myotonic dystrophy complain about excessive daytime sleepiness. This symptom is related to disordered central respiratory control. Psychostimulan...
Date:   Apr 2006
Title:   Strength training and aerobic exercise training for muscle disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Strength training or comprehensive aerobic exercise programmes might maximise muscle and cardiorespiratory function and prevent additional muscle wasting in people with muscle disease. However, over-exerting muscles might cause more rapid disease progre...
Date:   Sep 2004
Title:   Scapular fixation in muscular dystrophy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Winging of the scapula (shoulder blade) in muscular dystrophy is caused by weakness of the muscles which attach the scapula to the chest and help raise the arms. Non-surgical interventions involve casts or slings to support the shoulders. Surgical opera...
Date:   Mar 2004
Title:   Drug treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is a progressive muscle disease. Muscle weakness is often relatively mild and progression slow but around one fifth of affected people eventually become wheelchair-bound. The muscles of the face, shoulder blades an...
Date:   Jan 2004
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