The seventh annual AMDA Research Grant (the 2016 Helen Walker Research Grant) was awarded to Dr. Frédéric Lofaso with the Hôpital Raymond Poincaré in France for his Project: “Acid Maltase Deficiency Myopathy Follow-Up.”
The aim of this project is to improve the quality of the clinical follow-up by adding to the tests usually performed once a year, robust innovative noninvasive and mainly non-volitional outcome measures based on diaphragmatic functionHow well the diaphragm works during breathing. More, motor function tests and skeletal muscleMuscles that control movement and are commonly affected in Pompe disease. More integrity.
Congratulations Dr. Lofaso!