Older age, presence of scoliosis, and other factors were associated with lower predicted forced vital capacity in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy using non-invasive ventilation.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a rare progressive disorder. People with DMD are missing muscle-protecting protein. This is due to a fault in the gene producing dystrophin. Muscles to become ...

Without functional dystrophin to support muscle strength and stability, muscle fibers are easily damaged. Duchenne muscular dystrophy results from mutations in the DMD gene that encodes the dystrophin ...