Constant/episodic: Monophasic/relapsing: Age at onset: Progressive/static Weakness pattern Triggering events: during or after exercise , after brief exercise or prolonged exercise, after exercise followed by rest or after high carbohydrate meal (periodic paralysis), relieved by exercise, use of drugs / exposure to toxin
WEAKNESS PATTERN SCAPULOPERONEAL WEAKNESS AND UPPER ARM WEAKNESS + CONTRACURE OF ELBOW, NECK ,ANKLE AND PARASPINAL MUSCLE + CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY(LGMD1B)
WEAKNESS PATTERN FACIAL WEAKNESS AND SHOULDER MUSCLE WEAKNESS + WEAK WRIST EXTENSOR ALONG WITH STRONG WRIST FLEXOR + HIP FLEXOR AND QUADRICEPS WEAKNESS + ANKLE DORSIFLEXION WEAKNES ALONG WITH ASYMMETRY FSHD
MUSCLE, EYE AND BRAIN DISEASE Congenital alpha dystroglycan related muscular dystrophies FKRP, POMT1, POMT2, Fukutin related mutation Walker-Warburg syndrome – severe manifestations
Hip abductor sign – sarcoglycanopathies (hip adduction weakness) Calf head on trophy sign – Miyoshi myopathy (Pradhan) Diamond on quadriceps – dysferlinopathy Valley sign – depression from spinous process of scapula to axilla due to depression between hypertrophy of relatively preserved bulk of infraspinatus and deltoid muscles Polyhill sign – wasting of trapezius, superior angle of scapula, displaced acromioclavicular joint, atrophied proximal deltoid, normal bulk of distal deltoid (extra hill – biceps) Prominent lumps in muscles (bicep lump) – LGMD 2A, LGMD 2B