OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of post-polio-related fatigue on quality of life. DESIGN Cross-sectional case control study. SUBJECTS Patients without additional health problems that may induce fatigue were selected from among 82 polio survivors. Twenty-six patients with post-polio syndrome and 10 without post-polio syndrome were included. Control group consisted of 30 healthy volunteers. ...

Post-polio syndrome is a condition characterized by increased muscle weakness, atrophy, fatigue and pain developing several years after the acute polio event. We describe a 52-year-old patient who experienced post-polio syndrome; he had contracted acute paralytic poliomyelitis at 12 months of age, shortly after the third dose of Salk polio vaccine.

this paper reviews the current literature examining the pervasive symptom of fatigue experienced in three of the most common degenerative neurological conditions: multiple sclerosis (ms), parkinson’s disease (pd) and post-polio syndrome (pps). the existing literature can be considered under four headings definition and prevalence, type, cause, impact of fatigue. fatigue is a common symptom in d...

The research on post-polio syndrome in Amsterdam started in 1989 and was initiated by professor Marianne de Visser, neurologist. From that time on increasing numbers of Dutch patients with post-polio syndrome came to the AMC Amsterdam. Post-polio research has continued in Amsterdam, led by Marianne de Visser, Anita Beelen and Frans Nollet, resulting in 29 peer reviewed scientific papers up till...

A large number of patients previously affected by polio have symptoms, including increased weakness and fatigue, which are collectively known as a post-polio syndrome. Prospective measurements of strength and endurance using twitch interpolation in post-polio patients are lacking and hence the exact rate of decline in muscle function in these patients is not well defined. We therefore measured ...

In developed countries as well as in Hungary polio virus related disease disappeared completely due to the extensive administering of vaccine. As a result, young and middle-aged doctors have no experience of encountering acute polio virus infection but instead they meet its resultant impairments and disabilities. Persons who had suffered the onset of poliomyelitis 3 or 4 decades earlier, may to...

BACKGROUND Cognitive behavioural therapy does not reduce fatigue in post-polio syndrome, but is effective in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. This difference in efficacy might be explained by a different role of cognitions in these conditions. OBJECTIVE To compare fatigue-related cognitions between patients with post-polio syndrome and facio-scapulohumeral dystrophy. SUBJECTS Patients with po...