German Society for Muscle Sick People
| German Society for Muscle Sick People V. (DGM) |
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| purpose | Self-help organization |
| Chair: | Stefan Perschke |
| Executive Director: | Joachim Sproß |
| Establishment date: | 1965 |
| Number of members: | over 8640 (as of September 2019) |
| Seat : |
Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany
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| Website: | www.dgm.org |
The German Society for Muscle Diseases e. V. (DGM; formerly German Society for Combating Muscle Diseases ) is a non-profit association based in Freiburg im Breisgau and a self-help organization for people suffering from muscle and neuromuscular diseases. The association was founded in 1965.
The federal office offers those affected and their families medical advice, social counseling and information on all aspects of muscle diseases. The offer is rounded off by an aid advice center and two trial apartments that can be rented as holiday apartments. There is also the opportunity to try out different aids. In addition, the DGM offers events and symposia for different target groups.
Every year the association awards research prizes (Duchenne Erb Prize, Felix Jerusamlem Prize, Junior Prize, Myositis Prize, Ulrich Brodeßer FSHD Research Prize) with different endowments.
The DGM organizes medical congresses every two years.
The association is organized regionally in 15 regional associations, and thematically also in diagnostic groups that have been in existence since 2011. Contact groups and discussion groups that are organized by volunteers offer those affected, relatives and interested parties the opportunity to exchange ideas and obtain information on the disease and its effects. The DGM provides information material for those affected and their relatives. I.a. there are descriptions of muscle diseases online as well as explanatory videos about SMA muscular dystrophy Duchenne.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About us . DGM website, accessed on September 26, 2018.
- ↑ http://www.dgm-kongress.de
Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′ 30.3 " N , 7 ° 43 ′ 40.2" E