Research Article

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in the Muscle Tissue of Patients with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2I Harboring the Founder Mutation c.545A>G in the FKRP Gene

Table 2

Percentages of fatty infiltration, muscle edema scores, abnormal muscle bulk for the individual thigh muscles, and median scores for each muscle.

Muscle Fatty infiltration scoreMuscle edema scoreAbnormal muscle bulk
012345Median012345MedianHypertrophyAtrophy

GM100302040037010200000NE10
RF10205020002701020000030NE
VL1005030100270102000003010
VI10020070049001000001010
VM1001050300380101000002010
Sa102070000280200000050NE
AL200300500360103000002030
AM10100107004800200000NE80
Gr1030501000210000000060NE
SM10050202002900100000NE20
ST1005020200280101000003010
BFLH10040103002.57010200000NE10
BFSH101030203002.5900100000NENE

AL, adductor longus; AM, adductor magnus; BFLH, biceps femoris, long head; BFSH, biceps femoris, short head; GM, gluteus maximus; Gr, gracilis; NE, nonexistent; RF, rectus femoris; Sa, sartorius; SM, semimembranosus; ST, semitendinosus; VL, vastus lateralis; VI, vastus intermedius; VM, vastus medialis