Neuromuscular Disorders

• Latest News
• Diabetes Often Leads to Disability in Old Age (10/05/2004, Reuters Health)

• Overviews
• Neuromuscular Diseases in the MDA Program (Muscular Dystrophy Association)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Anatomy of the Brain (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Creatine Kinase Test (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Diagnosis of Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders: Diagnostic Procedures (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocities (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Glossary of Orthopaedic Diagnostic Tests (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
  Also available in: Spanish
• MR Imaging (MRI): Musculoskeletal (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
• Muscle Biopsies (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Stiffness, Cramps and Twitching (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Ultrasound: Musculoskeletal (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)

• Treatment
• Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia: Treatment (We Move)
• MDA Answers Frequently Asked Questions about Creatine (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Spasticity Treatments (We Move)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Muscle Spasticity (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Neuromuscular Diseases (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Congenital Myasthenia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Congenital Myopathies (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Isaac's Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Kearns-Sayre Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Mitochondrial Myopathies (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Myotonia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Myotonia Congenita (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Opsoclonus Myoclonus (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Piriformis Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Primary Lateral Sclerosis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Spasticity (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Stiff-Person Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Thyrotoxic Myopathy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

• Related Issues
• 101 Hints to "Help-with-Ease" for Patients with Neuromuscular Disease (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Accessible Vans: The Ins and Outs of Getting Out and About (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Dressing with Ease, Style and Comfort (ALS Association) - Links to PDF File

• Research
• MDA Research Advances Rapidly (Muscular Dystrophy Association)

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Infantile-onset ascending hereditary spastic paralysis (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Primary lateral sclerosis, juvenile (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics and Neuromuscular Diseases (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Glossary of Terms (We Move)

• Directories
• Find a Neurologist (American Academy of Neurology)

• Organizations
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• We Move

• Newsletters/Print Publications
• Quest (Muscular Dystrophy Association)

• Children
• Learning to Live with Neuromuscular Disease: A Message for Parents (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
  Also available in: Spanish