In a 2014 Case Report, researchers treated A 9-year-old boy who had a history of difficulty in getting up from the floor, climbing stairs, and frequent falls since the age of 4 years. The increasing weakness in the lower limbs led to toe walking and loss of ambulation by the age of 8 years. The weakness then progressed to the upper extremities and performing overhead activities was difficult. Diagnosis of DMD was confirmed based on the clinical features, elevated serum creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) levels (5460 IU/L), and genetic analysis with multiplex polymerase chain reaction for dystrophin gene showing deletion of exons 51 and 52.
The boy was treated with serial autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transplantations followed by multidisciplinary rehabilitation. Brooke-Vignos score was 10 and he was wheelchair bound. Over 36 months, gradual progressive improvement was noticed in muscle strength, ambulation with assistive devices, fine motor movements, Brooke-Vignos score, and functional independence measure score. Nine months after the transplantation, electromyography findings showed the development of new normal motor unit potentials of the vastus medialis muscle.









