title: Neuromuscular disease: rehabilitation and electrodiagnosis. 3. Muscle disease.
abstract: The purpose of this section of the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program Study Guide on rehabilitation in diseases affecting nerve and muscle is to assist practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation by providing practical information about inherited and acquired muscle diseases. It emphasizes clinical management issues and new developments in commonly encountered muscle disorders.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hays
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kowalske
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000175:diagnosis