Symptoms:

• Frequent falls

• Difficulty getting up from a lying or sitting position

• Trouble running and jumping

• Waddling gait

• Walking on toes

• Large calf muscles

• Muscle pain and stiffness

Muscular Dystrophy:

Disease that causes progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles that control movement.

Muscular Dystrophy

Mode of action:

• Muscular Dystrophy is caused when a certain gene on the X chromosome is flawed.

• is caused by the absence of dystrophin, a protein involved in maintaining the integrity of muscle.