Neuromuscular Program
Our experts diagnose and treat a variety of neuromuscular disorders, including congenital myopathies, muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular junction disorders, peripheral neuropathies and inflammatory muscle disorders.
If a child is exhibiting any of the following symptoms, they should be referred to a specialized neuromuscular program for evaluation:
- Elevated Creatine Kinase (CK): Higher levels of CK, an enzyme in the body found in the heart, brain and skeletal muscle, can be an early indicator of neuromuscular disease.
- Progressive muscle weakness
- Progressive deterioration of motor skills
- Chronic muscle cramps
- Exercise induced muscle cramps
- Family history of a neuromuscular disorder
Neuromuscular Disorders
We focus on addressing a variety of neuromuscular disorders, including:
Muscular dystrophies
- Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)
- Congenital muscular dystrophy
- Distal muscular dystrophy
- Duchenne muscular dystropy (DMD)
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD)
- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
- Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is an umbrella term that represents several rare types of muscular dystrophy that cause muscle weakness in your shoulders, upper arms, hips and upper legs.
- Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a complex, inherited condition that causes progressive muscle atrophy and weakness. People with this condition often have prolonged muscle contractions and cannot relax certain muscles after using them.
Motor neuron diseases
- Juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Rare neurometabolic muscle disorders
- Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Diseases of the neuromuscular junction
- Congenital myasthenic syndrome
- Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
- Myasthenia gravis (MG)
Disorders of peripheral nerve
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Hereditary cerebellar disorders
- Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis (HSP)
- Spinocerebellar Ataxias including Friedreich’s ataxia