Research progress of axial myopathy

VernacularTitle:轴性肌病的研究进展
Author: Lingya QIAO ¹ ; Qiang SHI ; Juan CHEN ; Ying LIN ; Mengyang LIU ; Chuanqiang PU
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1. 天津市环湖医院神经内科，天津　300350
Keywords: Axial myopathy; Axial muscle; Magnetic resonance imaging; Camptocormia
From: Chinese Journal of Neurology 2022;55(6):650-655
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Axial myopathy is a general term for a group of myopathy involving the axial muscles. It refers to a group of skeletal myopathy in which paraspinal muscles are individually or significantly affected, with or without the involvement of whole body skeletal muscles. Axial muscle weakness is often ignored in clinical practice. The evaluation of axial muscle is mainly the evaluation of the paraspinal muscles (erector spinae) in current literature. The clinical manifestations of paraspinal muscle weakness are dropped head syndrome and camptocormia. Physical examination and skeletal muscle magnetic resonance imaging, especially the whole body muscle magnetic resonance scan, are vital for the evaluation of axial muscle. It is of great clinical significance to increase attention to the diagnosis and differentiation of axial myopathy, which is helpful to avoid missing treatable diseases and improve the understanding and early recognition of associated myopath.