Abstract
Gene researches have cleared the cause of various types of muscular dystrophy. However, there is a long way to reach the clinical application of the results to patients with muscular dystrophy. In the meantime, therapies for cardiac and respiratory failure of muscular dystrophy have improved the life span of patients. As a result, life styles of patients have changed to stress individuality and sociality in spite of severe illness, and medical cares and life cares are needed to maintain the quality of life of patients. In our symposium, we took the psychological problems that appear in daily lives in accordance with improving the quality of life of patients, and showed that staffs of various professions should take part to solve these problems. We should know that the cooperation of various professions is essential for daily care of the patients even if therapy for muscular dystrophy has developed.
