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The Common Cold, Antibiotics and SMA

Our experience with SMA is a unique one. As parents of a 9 year-old with SMA, being medical professionals has given us somewhat of an advantage over finding doctors, medications, and treatments for our son. We hope to share a little of our experience and opinion with you. For most…

5 Tips for Physical Therapists Who Treat SMA Patients

So, you received your patient’s medical history form and there it is. Spinal Muscular Atrophy. If you did what I did, you searched and searched the internet and articles for best practices to treat and evaluate this patient. I found out more information on Spinal Muscular Atrophy and the different…

Patients with SMA Types 2 and 3 at Risk of Malnutrition, Altered Metabolism, Study Reports

Patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) types 2 and 3 are at risk of malnutrition, altered metabolic rates, and changes in body composition, a study reports. The study, “Comprehensive nutritional and metabolic assessment in patients with spinal muscular atrophy: Opportunity for an individualized approach,” appeared in…

Targeting Essential Amino Acids Seen to Ease Muscular Symptoms of SMA in Mouse Study

Targeted therapies or dietary supplements that work to improve the metabolism of certain molecules in muscle cells may slow the progression of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), results of an early study in mice show. The study, “Interventions Targeting Glucocorticoid-Krüppel-like Factor 15-Branched-Chain Amino Acid Signaling Improve Disease Phenotypes…