Diaphragm Ultrasound in Neuromuscular Disorders
Diaphragm Ultrasound in Neuromuscular Disorders
Muscular dystrophies are neurologic disease with higher morbidity and mortality. Cardiac
 function and respiratory muscles can be affected, in addition with skeletal muscle deficiency
 . Lung function is classically assessed with functionnal pulmonary tests (FPT) . Ultrasound
 recently emerged as a non-invasive tool to assess diaphragm function.

 The aims of the study are:

 -  to provide the spectrum of diaphragm ultrasound in patients with muscular dystrophies

 -  to assess the correlation between diaphragm ultrasound and FPT

 -  to assess the correlation between diaphragm ultrasound and cardiac function
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Duchenne muscular dystrophy,

 -  Becker muscular dystrophy,

 -  LGMD,

 -  myotonic dystrophy type 1 and type 2,

 -  metabolic myopathy,

 -  mitochondrial myopathy,

 -  FSHD1 and 2,

 -  myasthenia

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  history of cardiac surgery

 -  history of thoracic surgery

 -  brain traumatism