RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 What internists need to know about postpolio syndrome
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 704
OP 711
VO 69
IS 9
A1 Julie K. Silver
A1 Dorothy D. Aiello
YR 2002
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/69/9/704.abstract
AB Decades after recovery from polio, many patients develop new muscle weakness and other symptoms that can lead to increased debility. Treatment is aimed at the most prominent symptoms. Medications may help, as well as physical therapy and a carefully paced exercise program. Screening for osteopenia and osteoporosis is recommended.