Gowers’s or Gowers sign is a sign which indicates a weakness of the proximal muscles in the lower limb. The child that has this use their hands and arms to “walk” up their own body from a squatting position. The sign is a...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe X-linked recessive type of muscular dystrophy which mostly affects boys with a muscle weakness that usually begins around the age of four and can progress quickly. They then have difficulty standing and most...