PPT-Optimal Management of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Introduction SMA Is a Genetic Disorder SMA Is a Neuromuscular Disorder SMA Types SMA Type 1 SMA Type 2 SMA Type 3 SMA Type 4 SMA Pathophysiology Clinical Course of SMA Genetics of SMA Digenic Process. What it is…. Muscular Dystrophy is a family of hereditary disease that cause progressive and steady muscle weakening.. Duchenne. and Becker muscular dystrophy, (which are just 2 forms of MD) alone affect approximately 1 in every 3,500 to 5,000 boys.. Chapter 8. Muscles. Body made up into many different muscles but can be categorized into 3 Groups (Cardiac, Smooth, and Striated.). Cardiac and Smooth = Involuntary. Striated Skeletal Muscle= Voluntary. Andrew R. Meyer, PhD.. Baylor University. 2011 CSKLS Annual Meeting. Journal of Sport and Social Issues . (. for consideration). Muscular Christianity allowed for a new and modern imagining of the role athletics and sport competition had within Christian theology. Chris Welter. Billy Ellsworth. Boston Globe via Getty Images. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Symptoms appear by the age of six in young boys. Caused by a mutation in the gene for the protein dystrophin. Katerina. Barker. Pathophysiology. Atrophy is the wasting away of muscles due to the lack of use. Not using your muscles make them weak.. Causes and Symptoms. Causes could include; lack of use or exercise, mutations, poor nourishment, or poor circulation.. Objectives. At the conclusion of this presentation the participant will be able . to:. Identify the components of the spine. Assess for spine and spinal cord injury. Discuss the initial management of the spinal cord injured patient. 31 pairs arise from spinal cord. Five groups correspond to regions of spinal cord and vertebrae. Cervical 8 pr.. Thoracic 12 pr.. Lumbar 5 pr.. Sacral 5 pr.. Coccygeal 1 pr.. Structure of a Nerve. Brain Atrophy/Neurodegeneration: A Neuropathologist Perspective. Brain Volume Change: Under Multiple Influences. Brain Atrophy/Neurodegeneration:. A Clinical Perspective . Pathological Causes of Brain Atrophy in MS. ReferencesAdvanced Trauma Life Support for Doctors ATLS Student Course Manual 8thed 2008 Chicago IL American College of Surgeons Ahn H Singh J Nathens A MacDonald RD Travers A Tallon J Fehlings MG and ve. . Cervical Spinal cord:. . Cervical spinal nerve originates.. Thoracic Spinal Cord:. Thoracic spinal nerve originates. Lumbar Spinal cord: . Lumbar spinal nerve originates.. Sacral Spinal cord: . Name the three bones in your arm. The three bones in your arm include…... Describe three functions of skeletal system. E.g. - The skeletal system is responsible for BLOOD PRODUCTION. The bone marrow inside larger bones produces blood cells. Ali Al Khader, M.D.. Faculty of Medicine. Al-Balqa’ Applied University. Email: ali.alkhader@bau.edu.jo. Lecture outline. Skeletal muscle atrophy. Inflammatory myopathies:. - . D. ermatomyositis. Polymyositis. 1 Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy Description Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, also known as Kennedy disease, is a disorder of motor neuronsmotor neurons cells originate in the spinal cord and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Exon 7 Deletion (Pathogenic Variant) in Survival Motor Neuron Gene ( SMN1 ) Condition Description: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerati