an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle.
The appendicular skeleton consists of bones of the shoulder girdle and upper extremity and bones of the pelvic girdle and lower extremity.
Deformities of the pelvic girdle in females may lead to difficulties in child-birth many years later.
ReWalk, an exoskeletal version of the legs’ bones and muscles, and the pelvic girdle, has a more modest aim: to restore to the user the power and strength he has lost.
" Skeleton: Bony framework of the body. It includes the skull, vertebral column, collarbone, shoulder blades, rib cage, pelvic girdle and the bones of the hands, arms, feet, and legs."