Adult Outpatient Programs and Services Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic

Adult Outpatient Programs and Services

Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic

The JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute's Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Clinic provides a multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and treatment of over 40 muscular dystrophies. Adult and pediatric clinics are held once a month throughout the year. Services consist of examination, testing and counseling performed by a physiatrist, physical, occupational and speech therapist. A social worker and registered nurse also assist in assessing the patient's/family's needs. After establishing the diagnosis and treatment plan, the patient is monitored two to three times a year through follow-up clinic visits.

The clinic, partially supported by the Muscular Dystrophy Association through a grant, is one of 230 hospital-based clinics affiliated with the MDA. If you suspect that you or your child may have the diagnosis of muscular dystrophy, you may call for a clinic appointment. Appointments for the adult clinic can be made by calling (732) 321-7733 and the pediatric clinic can be reached at (732) 548-7610.

Diseases treated through the MDA clinic include:
Muscular dystrophies

Myotonic Dystrophies
Duchenne's
Becker's
Limb-Girdle
Facioscapularhumeral
Congenital
Distal
Emery-Dreifus

Motor neuron diseases

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS)
Infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy
(Type 1 Werdnig Hoffman disease)
Intermediate Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Type 2)
Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Aran-Duchenne type)

Inflammatory myopathies

Polymyosititis
Dermatatomyositis

Diseases of the Neuromuscular junction

Myasthenia Gravis
Eaton-Lambert (myasthenic) syndrome

Diseases of the Peripheral Nerve

Peroneal muscular atrophy (Charcot Marie Tooth Disease)
Frederick's Ataxia
Dejerine-Sottas disease
Metabolic Diseases of the Muscle
Phosphorylase deficiency(McArdles disease)
Acid Maltase Deficiency (Pompe's disease)
Phosphofructokinase deficiency(Tauri's disease)
Debrancher Enzyme Deficiency (Cori or Forbes' disease)
Mitochrondrial myopathy
Carnitine deficiency
Phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency
Phosphoglycerate mutase deficiency
Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency
Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency

Myopathies due to Endocrine Abnormalities

Hyperthyroid myopathy
Hypothyroid myopathy

Other Myopathies

Myotonia congenita
paramyotonia congenita
Central core disease
Nemaline myopathy
Myotubular myopathy
Periodic paralysis