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MRI is More Sensitive in Spotting Progression of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

However, the traditional methods are less accurate

But MMT, CSS, MFM and other similar methods involve human factor. Though they have proven accuracy in the long-term, they are far from perfect in evaluating the minor changes in muscular functionality.

MRIs are among the most precise methods for identifying even the smallest of changes in the internal organs. Thus recently a long-term longitudinal study was carried out to understand the accuracy of MRI in detecting the changes in muscles related to FSHD (4).