Muscle Spasm in Poliomyelitis
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The purpose of this article is to record a clinical and experimental study of muscle changes noted in a recent epidemic of poliomyelitis in New Zealand. The term muscle spasm has come into general use to describe those changes which occur in the acute stages of the disease and has to be distinguished from the state of contracture which is a terminal condition of muscle shortening due to fibrosis. In this study we are chiefly concerned with the state of muscle spasm encountered in acute poliomyelitis. The subject of muscle spasm has been a controversial one and skilled observers in the U.S.A. have stated that they encounter muscle spasm in all patients with poliomyelitis, whereas experienced neurologists and orthopaedic surgeons in the United Kingdom and the U.S.A. state that they have
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