Population
142 patients with poliomyelitis (evaluating 3,033 lower limb muscles and 1,905 upper limb muscles)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 years
Authors
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May inform polio recovery expectations and counseling; leaves open validation in contemporary cohorts.
In patients with poliomyelitis, the vast majority of muscle recovery occurs within the first year, and muscles completely paralyzed at six months have a poor prognosis for recovery.
W. J. W. Sharrard (1955) studied this question.
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