Physical Medicine Interventions for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, the Including Avoiding Invasive Airway Tubes

2 AUTHOR: • JOHN R. BACH, MD M.D., Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School, Medical Director of the Center for Ventilator Management Alternatives, University Hospital, Newark, N.J., Acting Director, Rutgers University Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic. CO-AUTHORS AND EDITORS • ANTONIO HUERTA ARMIJO, MSc Kinesiologist; Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology; Master’s Degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology; Board Member of the NANEAS Committee, Sociedad Chilena de Pediatria (SOCHIPE); Kinesic Coordinator of the Home Hospita- lization Unit for Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs (HD NANEAS), Pediatrics Service, Hospital Clinico San Borja Arriarán (HCSBA), Santiago de Chile. • FRANCISCO PRADO ATLAGIC, MD Pediatrician and Pulmonologist. Founder of the Ibero-American Group of Respiratory Care in Neuromuscular Diseases (GICREN), Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Universidad de Chile, Director HD NANEAS Unit, Pediatrics Service, Hospital Clinico San Borja Arriarán (HCSBA), Santiago de Chile. Photo: The authors, Santiago, Chile, April 2025