Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most severe and commonly diagnosed neuromus-cular dystrophies. The etiology of this congenital X-linked disease affecting 1 in 3500–6000 boys, are mainly deletions, duplications or point mutations of the dystrophin gene. Its product, dystrophin protein, in healthy individuals is responsible for creating mus- cular structure of an internal fibre cytoskeleton. In the clinical course of DMD, patients develop gradual loss of motor function, gait abnormalities, progressive respiratory failure and cardiomyopathy.Currently, there is no documented evidence of a higher incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among DMD patients; however, characteristic features of advanced DMD stages, such as chest or diaphragm muscle
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