Population
10 prior polio patients selected such that daily living required all residual tibialis anterior (TA) power
Comparison
Prolonged maximum voluntary effort vs Control type I fibers
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May link metabolic imbalance to fatigue in prior polio; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Prior polio patients exhibit a lower ratio of energy resynthesis to energy utilization in type I muscle fibers, contributing to fatigue.
Grimby et al. (1996) studied this question.
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