Table 3.
Case | Age (y) | Sex | PDB | LGMD | AgeDx PDB(y) | AgeDx LGMD (y) | Treatment | Activity Level |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 48 | F | + | + | 34 | 44 | None | Difficulty going up stairs and raising arms, back/leg pain, lumbar lordosis, wide based gait |
2 | 47 | M | − | + | − | 45 | None | Weakness in proximal arm and leg muscles |
3 | 49 | F | + | + | 44 | 48 | Previous bisphosphonates | Difficulty climbing stairs, lifting arms, extremity atrophy of extremities, lordotic posture, waddling gait |
4 | 57 | M | + | + | 42 | 54 | Calcitonin and bisphosphonates | Walks slowly with cane, severe pain and tenderness in spine and hip |
5 | 33 | M | + | - | 31 | - | Analgesics and calcitonin | Walks slowly with a limp, tenderness in back, pain in hip |
6 | 50 | M | + | + | 38 | 38 | None | Bedridden for several months, left side hemiparesis from stroke |
7 | 47 | F | + | + | 45 | 45 | Alendronate, cyclobenzaprine | Difficulty sitting, getting up from chair, back pain and weakness of the arms and hips |
8 | 46 | M | − | + | - | 40 | None | Unable to run, difficulty with stairs |
9 | 64 | M | + | + | 37 | 40 | None | Wheelchair bound, loss of sensation in extremities |
10 | 59 | M | + | + | UK | 51 | None | Bedridden 3 y prior to death, winging of the scapulae, weakness of trunk & lower extremities |
11 | 61 | M | + | + | 61 | UK | None | Difficulty walking, pain in spine and pelvis and femur |
MEAN | 50.9 | 3F/8M | 9 | 10 | 41.5 | 45.6 |
+ = present; − = absent; UK = unknown