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Watch Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky ask questions about symptoms to someone experiencing muscle weakness. Get a picture of how doctors assess muscle weakness, what questions they may ask and how they explain a patient’s neuromuscular symptoms.

Dr. Tarnopolsky is a neuromuscular specialist and the Director of the Neuromuscular and Neurometabolic Clinic at McMaster University.

Be sure to ask your doctor about a referral to a neuromuscular specialist and/or neurologist for genetic testing if you think you or someone you know may have a neuromuscular disease.