Miscellaneous
This type affects muscles around the hips and shoulders.
What is limb-girdle?
Tendency to tire quickly, loss of fine manual dexterity, and adverse postural changes are characteristics of this.
What is muscular dystrophy?
This kind of activity program may contribute to the quality of life of an individual with muscular dystrophy.
What is individually designed?
This is the reason that some students with muscular dystrophy should avoid intense endurance activities.
What is weakened respiratory muscles?
This is the third most common type of muscular dystrophy.
What is facioscapulohumeral?
Weakness of facial muscles, shoulder girdles, and upper arms are characteristics of this.
What is facioscapulohumeral?
These basic activities are an important part of an activity program for a student with muscular dystrophy.
What is dance, music, and art therapy?
This feeling/emotion is highly recognized in students with muscular dystrophy.
What is grief?
Symptoms of this type often appear later, during adolescence or early adulthood.
What is Becker?
This type of muscular dystrophy begins in early childhood and mostly affects boys.
What is Duchenne?
The focus of individualized programming for students with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
What is development of leisure and recreation skills?
These are alternate ways to traditional grading that may suit students with muscular dystrophy better.
What is participation, effort, or personal growth?
An X-linked recessive disorder presents between ages 2-3 for this type of muscular dystrophy.
What is Duchenne?
Most individuals with this type of muscular dystrophy lose most motor function within 20 years of symptom onset.
What is limb-girdle?
This is the type of exercise you should focus on when muscles are weaker.
What is range of motion exercises (against gravity)?
You should look at this legal document when deciding what activities to perform with students with muscular dystrophy.
What is IEP?
This protein is missing in people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
What is Dystrophin?
This characteristic best distinguishes Duchenne from Becker muscular dystrophy.
What is rate of progression?
This is an important topic you should discuss with your class if you have a student with muscular dystrophy.
What is inclusion?
These are three different factors you should consider for students with muscular dystrophy.
What is flat surfaces, light equipment, shorter distances, limit noise, temperature, etc.?