Prevention and Management of symptoms: 

Pediatrician,
Physician,

Nurses, 

Physiotherapists, 

Speech therapist, 
Pulmonologist,
Cardiologist,
Physical therapist, and

Dietician

Improve Quality of Life: 

Occupational therapists,

Psychologists, and

Social workers

Resource: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41572-021-00248-3

A) Osteonectin 

B) Myoglobin

C) Dystrophin 

D) Collagen 

2. Who is the carrier of the Muscular Dystrophy gene?

A) Mother

B) Grandmother 

C) Father 

D) Grandfather 

3. All of the following are symptoms of DMD EXCEPT. 
A) Toe walking 
B) Developmental delays 
C) Scoliosis 
D) Blindness

Correct answers: 1C, 2A, 3D

Resources: https://www.mda.org/disease/duchenne-muscular-dystrophy

When the son is born from a mother with a dystrophin mutation on one of her two X chromosomes she will have a 50% chance of inheriting the flawed gene and having DMD.

When the same mother has a daughter, each of her daughters will have a 50% chance of inheriting the mutation and being a carrier. Carriers likely will not have any disease symptoms but they can have a child with the mutation or the disease. 

Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy occurs because the mutated DMD gene fails to produce any functional dystrophin

Resources: https://www.mda.org/disease/duchenne-muscular-dystrophy/causes-inheritance

Client Factors
Values, beliefs, spirituality, body functions, Neuromusculoskeletal and movement-related functions, voice and speech functions; digestive, metabolic, and endocrine system functions; genitourinary and reproductive functions, and body structures.

Performance Patterns:
Habits, routines, roles, and rituals

Reference: American Occupational Therapy Association. (2020). Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and process fourth edition. American Journal of Occupational Therapy 74 (suppl. 2)