Post-Polio Syndrome Revisited [PDF]
Neurology International, 2023 Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is characterized by recrudescence or worsening of motor neuron disease symptoms decades after recovery from acute paralytic poliovirus infection, i.e., poliomyelitis.
Michael Punsoni +3 more
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Growing older with post-polio syndrome: Social and quality-of-life implications [PDF]
SAGE Open Medicine, 2018 Objectives: To understand the quality-of-life implications for post-polio syndrome survivors. Methods: For this qualitative study, a focus group methodology, with a case study design, was used.
Andrea Duncan, Zinnia Batliwalla
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Post-polio Syndrome: More Than Just a Lower Motor Neuron Disease [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a neurological condition that affects polio survivors decades after their initial infection. Despite its high prevalence, the etiology of PPS remains elusive, mechanisms of progression are poorly understood, and the condition
Stacey Li Hi Shing +5 more
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Pain in Post-Polio Syndrome: A Separate Pain Entity? [PDF]
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - Clinical Communications, 2022 Background: Most patients with polio recover from the initial infection, but develop muscle weakness, pain and fatigue after 15–40 years, a condition called post-polio syndrome.
Evert Christiaan Boshuis +2 more
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Describing post-polio syndrome
Neurología (English Edition), 2022 Introduction: Patients presenting sequelae of poliomyelitis may present new symptoms, known as post-polio syndrome (PPS). Objective: To identify the clinical and functional profile and epidemiological characteristics of patients presenting PPS.
M.P. Sáinz +5 more
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The risk of post-polio syndrome among immigrant groups in Sweden [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 To examine the risk of post-polio syndrome (PPS) in immigrant groups using native Swedish-born individuals as referents. This is a retrospective study. The study population included all individuals aged 18 years and older registered in Sweden.
Per Wändell +5 more
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Post-polio syndrome – somatosensory dysfunction and its relation to pain: a pilot study with quantitative sensory testing [PDF]
Journal of Rehabilitation MedicineObjective: To explore and characterize somatosensory dysfunction in patients with post-polio syndrome and chronic pain, by conducting examinations with Quantitative Sensory Testing.
Daniel Dahlgren +2 more
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Elevated blood lipids are uncommon in patients with post-polio syndrome--a cross sectional study. [PDF]
BMC Neurol, 2015 BACKGROUND: The post-polio syndrome occurs in people who previously have had poliomyelitis. After the initial recovery, new or increasing neurologic symptoms occur.
Melin E, Kahan T, Borg K.
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Aging with disability in polio survivors: a narrative review [PDF]
The Ewha Medical JournalThis study aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of aging with disability among polio survivors who continue to live with long-term sequelae. Although poliomyelitis has been eradicated in most regions, survivors entering older age face a dual ...
Ju-Hee Hwang, Ga-Yang Shim
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Prevalence and Severity of Central Sensitization in Post-Polio Syndrome: Associations with Clinical Measures and Quality of Life [PDF]
Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyObjectives: To investigate the presence and severity of central sensitization (CS) and its associations with clinical measures and quality of life (QoL) in individuals with a history of paralytic poliomyelitis with and without post-polio syndrome (PPS ...
Arzu Y. On +3 more
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