Postpolio Syndrome

Postpolio Syndrome

2004, Pages 117-143
Postpolio Syndrome

Chapter 9 - Exercise in the Treatment of Postpolio Syndrome

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  • Pain in Persons With Postpolio Syndrome: Frequency, Intensity, and Impact

    2008, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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    Overall, the average pain intensity in our sample was strongly related to interference with life activities (correlation coefficients, >.45 for 8/12 activities), particularly for sleep and those activities requiring a high level of musculoskeletal involvement. Although a large body of evidence48-50 supports the use of exercise in reducing fatigue and improving muscle strength in PPS, very few studies have explored exercise as a means of reducing pain or pain-related interference in PPS populations. Future research in this area appears warranted, given that strong relationships have been documented between fatigue, muscle weakness, and pain in PPS,23,26,27 and, as mentioned previously, research investigating the use of pharmacologic agents for the treatment of pain in PPS has been somewhat unfruitful.

  • Aging in polio

    2005, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
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    Studies have shown that the use of upper and lower extremity ergometers leads to improved strength and oxygen use without deleterious effects on muscle. Patients report improvement in fatigue with increased conditioning [88,96–98]. Beneficial effects of aquatic exercise in PPS patients were discovered in Warm Springs, Georgia during the polio epidemics in the 1940s and 1950s, and more recent studies have confirmed the efficacy of this type of rehabilitation [88,99].

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