Search for dissertations about: "Myotonic dystrophy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Myotonic dystrophy.

  2. 1. Myotonic dystrophy type 1. Cognition, personality and emotion

    Author : Stefan Winblad; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Myotonic dystrophy; CTG-repeat; expansion; personality; facial emotion recognition ability; neuropsychology; Tau;

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  4. 2. On oral health in children and adults with myotonic dystrophy

    Author : Monica Engvall; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Myotonic dystrophy; dental caries; gingivitis; dental care; oral sugar clearance; behavior management problems;

    Abstract : Background: Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a hereditary neuromuscular multisystem disease with varying clinical expressions and severity. The prevalence worldwide is 5-20/100 000. It is characterized by progressive muscular waste and myotonia. Facial weakness is one of the earliest and most constant features. READ MORE

  5. 3. Muscle strength and motor function in neuromuscular disorders. A clinical study of children and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy, myotonic dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and amyoplasia

    Author : Anna-Karin Kroksmark; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : muscle involvement; muscle function; motor performance; contractures; spinal muscular atrophy; myotonic dystrophy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; amyoplasia; arthrogryposis multiplex congenita;

    Abstract : Aim: The aims of this study were to investigate muscle strength and motor function in children and adolescents with four neuromuscular disorders; 1) spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), 2) myotonic dystrophy (DM), 3) Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD and 4) the amyoplasia form of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. Further: 1) to analyze compensatory maneuvers due to muscle weakness in individuals with SMA, 2) to correlate motor function in individuals with DM with the size of the mutation, 3) to evaluate the long-term side effects and effects on muscle strength, motor function, vital capacity and development of scoliosis in boys with DMD treated with low-dose prednisone, and 4) to investigate how muscle strength and joint contractures affect motor function in individuals with amyoplasia and to relate current status to joint position at birth. READ MORE

  6. 4. Personality and facial emotion recognition ability in myotonic dystrophy type 1

    Author : Stefan Winblad; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Myotonic dystrophy; CTG-repeat expansion; personality; facial emotion; recognition ability; neuropsychology;

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  7. 5. Living with muscular dystrophy : Illness experience, activities of daily living, coping, quality of life and rehabilitation

    Author : Birgitta Nätterlund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; Muscular dystrophy; illness experiences; activities of daily living; coping; quality of life; rehabilitation; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : The overall aim was to study and gain knowledge about what it means to live with muscular dystrophy and to study rehabilitation from the patient's perspective, among adults with muscular dystrophy in three Swedish counties: Örebro, Östergötland and Norrbotten. The thesis comprises two qualitative and three quantitative studies. READ MORE