El síndrome pospoliomielítico con déficit de la función del tendón tibial posterior puede presentarse con un pie equino flexible y marcha equina (steppage) en algunos pacientes. Se describe el caso de una paciente que solo conservaba la función muscular del tendón flexor hallucis longus y se decid...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to identify energy expenditure, retrospectively, in individuals with post-poliomyelitis syndrome (PPS) in the Brazilian population. Methods The Baecke questionnaire for the evaluation of habitual physical activity (HPA), assessment of quality of life (WHOQOL-Bre...
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the impact of postpolio-syndrome on quality of life in polio survivors. Methods: Forty polio survivors were included in the study. Twenty-one patients fulfilling the Halstead's postpolio-syndrome criteria participated in postpolio-syndrome group. The remaining nineteen ...
ABSTRACT Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a condition that affects polio survivors years after recovery from an initial acute attack of the poliomyelitis virus. Most often, polio survivors experience a gradual new weakening in muscles that were previously affected by the polio infection. The actual incidence...
Se explora el cambio en la percepción social de la polio en la Península Ibérica a través del análisis de contenidos, entre 1995 y 2009, de dos periódicos de gran tirada. La desaparición en la agenda periodística de la polio y de las personas que viven con sus secuelas influyó en el olvido de la...
INTRODUÇAO: A Síndrome Pós-Pólio (SPP) é uma entidade neurológica caracterizada por um novo episódio de fraqueza muscular e/ou fadiga anormal em indivíduos que apresentaram a Poliomielite Anterior Aguda (PAA) anos antes. Acredita-se que a prevalência possa representar até 70% dos vitimados pela...
