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Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome and Reversal With Sugammadex: A Case Report.
AANA journal, 2021Postpolio syndrome (PPS) is a disabling process characterized by progressive muscle weakness and atrophy that typically emerges decades after an initial poliomyelitis infection. Although the exact incidence of PPS is unknown, it is estimated that 25% to 40% of all poliomyelitis survivors are affected. Patients with PPS may have increased sensitivity to
Victoria E, Marshall +3 more
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[Postpoliomyelitis syndrome and progressive postpoliomyelitis muscular atrophy].
Casopis lekaru ceskych, 1996New complaints of patients after poliomyelitis following after decades of a stabilized condition are described by the term postpoliomyelitic syndrome (PPS). They affect at least half the patients after poliomyelitis. The best defined picture from a broad spectrum of new complaints is so-called progressive postpoliomyelitic atrophy (PPMA).
J, Bednarík, Z, Kadanka, S, Vohánka
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Postpoliomyelitis syndrome problems of knee function: a review.
Bulletin (Hospital for Joint Diseases (New York, N.Y.)), 1996Postpoliomyelitis syndrome describes a ¿new¿ weakness, unrelated to any other neurological or medical disorder. It appears 10 to 15 years or more after recovery from the initial paralysis. This new weakness interferes with activities of daily living.
A D, Grant, D, Atar, W B, Lehman
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[A trial of cronassial use in late postpoliomyelitis syndrome].
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska, 1991The results are presented of treatment with gangliosides (Cronassial) in 5 patients with late postpoliomyelitis syndrome. Clinical and electrophysiological examination were done before and after three months of treatment. Only subjective improvement was found.
I, Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz +2 more
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Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 1991
Patients with neurologic signs consistent with previous poliomyelitis have been shown to have electrodiagnostic evidence of widespread denervation, often in clinically normal muscles thought to have been uninvolved by poliomyelitis. Eight percent of patients seen in our postpoliomyelitis clinic had no abnormalities on neurologic examination or with ...
M B, Bromberg, W P, Waring
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Patients with neurologic signs consistent with previous poliomyelitis have been shown to have electrodiagnostic evidence of widespread denervation, often in clinically normal muscles thought to have been uninvolved by poliomyelitis. Eight percent of patients seen in our postpoliomyelitis clinic had no abnormalities on neurologic examination or with ...
M B, Bromberg, W P, Waring
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Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2003
To study prospectively the health status, and especially the physical functioning, of polio survivors with and without postpoliomyelitis syndrome (PPS), and to identify prognostic determinants of change in physical functioning.Prospective cohort study; measurements at baseline and after 1, 2, and 6 years.University hospital in the Netherlands.Seventy ...
Nollet, Frans +4 more
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To study prospectively the health status, and especially the physical functioning, of polio survivors with and without postpoliomyelitis syndrome (PPS), and to identify prognostic determinants of change in physical functioning.Prospective cohort study; measurements at baseline and after 1, 2, and 6 years.University hospital in the Netherlands.Seventy ...
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Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2004
To determine what changes in maximal isometric strength can be detected in a symptomatic quadriceps muscle in patients with postpoliomyelitis syndrome (PPS) and to investigate the association between the variability in maximal strength and maximal voluntary activation (MVA).Repeated-measures over a 3-week interval.University hospital.Convenience sample
Horemans, Herwin L. +4 more
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To determine what changes in maximal isometric strength can be detected in a symptomatic quadriceps muscle in patients with postpoliomyelitis syndrome (PPS) and to investigate the association between the variability in maximal strength and maximal voluntary activation (MVA).Repeated-measures over a 3-week interval.University hospital.Convenience sample
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Aging and the Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome
Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 1998openaire +1 more source