The first Asian Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy conference was hosted by UPPMD, HCG and NIMHANS on Saturday February 28th 2009 and Sunday March 1st 2009.

The United Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (UPPMD) reports from their website that it was a great success.

Speakers included:

Dr Annemieke Aartsm, Dr John Bach, Prof Doug Biggar, Prof Dennis Duboc, Dr Madhuri Hedge

Dr Jos Hendriksen, Dr Nathalie Goemans, Helen Posselt, Dr Ajaikumar, Dr Nalini,

Dr Anupam Guptaand, Dr Raghavendra

Topics covered included:

Exon Skipping, Lung Function, Cardiology, Genetic Testing, Learning disorders and comorbidity/emotional coachin,

Care Standards and ongoing clinical trials, Physiotherapy, Neurorehabilitation in DMD, Yoga and DMD

Initial presentations given at the conference have now been published and are available for download from the UPPMD website conference presentation page.