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| EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL SIGNS OF OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (SOFT SIGNS) |
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Definition
1. PSEUDOHYPERTROPHY
2. GOWER'S SIGN/MANEUVER
3. TRENDELENBERG GAIT
4. KYPHOSIS
5. LORDOSIS
6. SCOLIOSIS |
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| ENLARGED CALF MUSCLES. BUILDUP OF FATTY MATERIALS |
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| TRYING TO STAND FROM A SITTING (W SITTING) |
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| WIDE WADDLING-TYPE GAIT WHEN WALKING |
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| CONVEX CURVATURE OF THE UPPER (THORACIC) PART OF THE SPINE |
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| CONCAVE CURVATURE OF THE LOWER (LUMBER)SPINE--- ('SADDLE' BACK LIKE A HORSE) |
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| GENERAL TERM FOR CURVATURES OF THE SPINE |
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| DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY |
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| CAUSED B A RECESSIVE X LINKED CHROMOSOME THAT LACKS DYSTROPHIN. MOST COMMON IN CHILDREN |
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| MYOTOINIC MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY |
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| 2ND MOST COMMONG TYPE OF DYSTROPHY FOUND IN ADULTS. DROOPING EYELIDS (PTOSIS) OFTEN PRESENT AS IN TURNERS SYNDROME. |
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