Case Report
Cellular Transplantation Alters the Disease Progression in Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy
Table 3
Changes in the muscle strength over fifteen months after the first cellular transplantation.
| | Muscle group tested | mMRC-MMT bilaterally before cellular therapy | mMRC-MMT bilaterally 3 months after the cellular therapy | mMRC-MMT bilaterally 8 months after the cellular therapy | mMRC-MMT bilaterally 15 months after the first cellular therapy |
| | Hip flexors | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Hip extensors | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Hip abductors | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Hip adductors | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Hip internal rotators | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Hip external rotators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Knee flexors | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Knee extensors | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | Tibialis anterior | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3+ | | Tibialis posterior | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3+ | | Extensor halluces longus | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3+ | | Extensor digitorum | 3 | 3 | 3+ | 3+ | | Shoulder extensors | 3− | 3− | 3 | 3+ | | Biceps | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Brachialis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Brachioradialis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Triceps | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Supinators | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3− | | Wrist extensors | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3+ | | Palmar and dorsal interossi | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3+ | | Lumbricals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3+ |
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