Approximately 8% of people with DMD have a mutation that is amenable to exon 53 skipping.Casimersen was approved for medical use in the United States in February 2021, and it is the first FDA-approved targeted treatment for people who have a confirmed mutation of the DMD gene that is amenable to exon 45 skipping.Comprehensive multidisciplinary care guidelines for DMD have been developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and were published in two parts in The Lancet Neurology in 2010. An update was published in 2018. Physical therapy
Physical therapists are concerned with enabling patients to reach their maximum physical potential. Their aim is to:
minimize the development of contractures and deformity by developing a programme of stretches and exercises where appropriate
anticipate and minimize other secondary complications of a physical nature by recommending bracing and durable medical equipment
monitor respiratory function and advise on techniques to assist with breathing exercises and methods of clearing secretions

Respiration assistance
Modern "volume ventilators/respirators", which deliver an adjustable volume (amount) of air to the person with each breath, are valuable in the treatment of people with muscular dystrophy-related respiratory problems. The ventilator may require an invasive endotracheal or tracheotomy tube through which air is directly delivered, but for some people, noninvasive delivery through a face mask or mouthpiece is sufficient. Positive airway pressure machines, particularly bilevel ones, are sometimes used in this latter way.
However, DMD is named after the French neurologist Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (1806–1875), who in the 1861 edition of his book Paraplegie hypertrophique de lenfance de cause cerebrale, described and detailed the case of a boy who had this condition. A year later, he presented photos of his patient in his Album de photographies pathologiques. In 1868, he gave an account of 13 other affected children. Duchenne was the first to do a biopsy to obtain tissue from a living patient for microscopic examination. Notable cases
Alfredo ("Dino", "Alfredino") Ferrari (born January 1932 in Modena), the son of Enzo Ferrari, designed the 1.5 L DOHC V6 engine for the model F2 at the end of 1955. But Dino never saw the engine produced:  he died on 30 June 1956 in Modena at the age of 24, before his namesakes Dino and Fiat Dino were made.Rapper Darius Weems had the disease and used his notoriety to raise awareness and funds for treatment. He died at the age of 27 (his brother also had the disease, until his death at the age of 19). The film Darius Goes West documents Weemss journey of growth and acceptance of having the disease.Jonathan Evisons novel, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, published in 2012, depicted a young man affected by the disease. In 2016, Netflix released The Fundamentals of Caring, a film based on the novel.