Muscle's structural composition is an important factor underlying muscle strength and
physical function in older adults. There is an increasing amount of research to support the …

Accurate, precise and reliable techniques for the quantification of body and organ fat
distributions are important tools in physiology research. They are critically needed in studies …

Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare ultrasound echo intensity (EI) with high‐
resolution T1‐weighted MRI and to establish calibration equations to estimate percent …

Objective The aim of this study was to describe Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
disease progression in the lower extremity muscles over 12 months using quantitative …

Oculopharyngodistal myopathy is a late-onset degenerative muscle disorder characterized
by ptosis and weakness of the facial, pharyngeal, and distal limb muscles. A recent report …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence rates (PRs) of acquired and inherited neuromuscular
diseases (NMD) in the adult Irish population, reflecting the burden of these conditions in a …

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an untreatable disease, characterized
by asymmetric progressive weakness of skeletal muscle with fatty infiltration. Although the …

Hereditary muscular diseases commonly involve the heart. Cardiac manifestations
encompass a spectrum of phenotypes, including both cardiomyopathies and rhythm …

Adult late-onset Pompe disease is most often a slowly progressive limb-girdle and spine
extensor muscle dystrophy, due to defective lysosomal acid maltase. With the exception of …

We report on an autosomal-recessive variant of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS)
characterized by severe muscle hypotonia at birth, progressive scoliosis, joint hypermobility …