Early therapeutic intervention for limb girdle muscular dystrophy in late adolescence-A case report

This paper reports the benefits of strength & endurance training based programme in the early rehabilitation of Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) patient. LGMD is an autosomal X-linked disorder, mainly involve shoulder & pelvic muscles with variable rate of progression occur in first & second decade of life. An intervention of 30 days (5 days per week for 6 weeks) was given to the patient & prognosis was observed on various outcome variables like Muscular dystrophy Functional Rating Scale (MDFRS), Berg Balance Sclae (BBS) & Brroke & Vignos Scale before & after the intervention. Considerable improvement was seen by applying both theory of strength & endurance training in patient with LGMD.