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Medical Articles
The list of medical articles in this section date from 1981 to present and focus on polio's late effects, post-polio syndrome and aging with polio. They are listed in alphabetical order by first author.
References noted with the check mark are classic or seminal articles, summary articles or articles reporting longitudinal studies.
Post-polio syndrome
A pilot program of nutrition education and exercise for polio survivors: A community based model for secondary disability prevention
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Shangri-La: Foreshadowing the Independent Living Movement in Warm Springs, Georgia, 1926-1945
Post-polio syndrome: The battle with an old foe
Pyridostigmine in post-polio syndrome: no decline in fatigue and limited functional improvement
Walking in post-poliomyelitis syndrome: the relationships between time-scored tests, walking in daily life and perceived mobility problems
A comparison of 4 questionnaires to measure fatigue in post poliomyelitis syndrome. Archives
Reproducibility of maximal quadriceps strength and its relationship to maximal voluntary activation in postpoliomyelitis syndrome
Reproducibility of walking at self-preferred and maximal speed in patients with post-poliomyelitis syndrome
Polio's painful legacy (expanded version of The New York Times Magazine, July 7, 1985 article)
Opportunities to Participate in Research
NEW STUDY ON AFM AND POLIO A new study concerning acute flaccid myelitis (AFM... More
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Opportunities to Participate in Research
NEW STUDY ON AFM AND POLIO A new study concerning acute flaccid myelitis (AFM... More