Key result
Conventional electrodiagnosis in a subject with postpolio syndrome revealed ongoing axonal degeneration with regeneration in the right deltoid, biceps, and both soleus muscles.
Case Report (n=1)
Conventional electrodiagnosis can identify ongoing axonal degeneration and regeneration in patients with postpolio syndrome, aiding in diagnosis.
Electrodiagnosis may aid postpolio syndrome diagnosis; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
In the past few years, many polio survivors have experienced late-onset neuromuscular symptoms such as fatigue, pain, new, and unusual muscular deficits and decreased functional abilities. Post polio syndrome (PPS) refers to a clinical disorder affecting polio survivors with sequel years after the initial polio attack. The purpose of the present study was to present the results of electrodiagnostic findings in muscle weakness encountered in PPS. Study was suggestive of ongoing axonal degeneration in Rt. Deltoid, biceps, and both soleus muscles with regeneration. Presence of new symptoms of weakness and fatigue in some muscles previously not affected by poliomyelitis and electrodiagnostic findings were suggestive of a diagnosis of PPS.
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Sheth et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Postpolio syndrome (n=1). Conventional electrodiagnosis was evaluated on Electrodiagnostic findings in muscle weakness. Conventional electrodiagnosis in a subject with postpolio syndrome revealed ongoing axonal degeneration with regeneration in the right deltoid, biceps, and both soleus muscles.
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