Diagnostic criteria for facioscapulohumeral dystrophy
| Adapted from reference 12. |
| Inclusion |
| Autosomal dominant mode of inheritance |
| Weakness of facial musculature, including frontalis, orbicularis oculi, or orbicularis oris |
| Weakness of scapular fixation or foot dorsiflexion |
| Exclusion |
| Ptosis or ophthalmoparesis |
| Prominent elbow contractures |
| Strictly unilateral weakness |
| Skin rash of dermatomyositis |
| Distal symmetric sensory loss |
| Muscle biopsy finding of mitochondrial myopathy, chronic denervation, dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis, or congenital myopathy |
| EMG findings of myotonia, fasiculations, or neurogenic motor potentials |