TANANT , Véronique

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects on motor function, muscle strength, and endurance of short-term neuromuscular electrical stimulation training of the tibialis anterior muscles in patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) in comparison with healthy controls.Design: This prospective study...

OBJECTIVE: To establish a normative database for isometric strength measured by quantitative muscle testing (QMT) for a French adult population.DESIGN: Measurement of maximal voluntary isometric contraction.SETTING: Four clinical centers involved in neuromuscular disorders.PARTICIPANTS: A total of 315 healthy adults (147 men, 168 women) ages 20...

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) is one of the most frequent adult myopathies (1/20.000), with selective involvement of specific groups of muscles : facial, scapular fixator, anterior foreleg muscles, abdominal and humeral muscles. Vastus lateralis (VL) is usually spared clinically until late stages of the disease, and...