Key result
A nine-day multi-disciplinary rehabilitation programme for post-polio syndrome yielded significant improvements in exercise endurance, depression, and fatigue at six months.
Why the study?
Does a nine-day multi-disciplinary rehabilitation programme improve physical, psychological, and functional outcomes in patients with post-polio syndrome?
Population
27 participants with post-polio syndrome (PPS)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 and 6 months
Authors
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May support multidisciplinary rehab for post-polio syndrome; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials before practice change.
Does a nine-day multi-disciplinary rehabilitation programme improve physical, psychological, and functional outcomes in patients with post-polio syndrome?
A nine-day multi-disciplinary rehabilitation program provides prolonged benefits in exercise endurance, depression, and fatigue for patients with post-polio syndrome.
Davidson et al. (2008) studied post-polio syndrome (PPS) (n=27). multi-disciplinary rehabilitation programme was evaluated on physical, psychological and functional outcomes (muscle strength, endurance, IPQ, HADS, HFS, COPM). A nine-day multi-disciplinary rehabilitation programme for post-polio syndrome yielded significant improvements in exercise endurance, depression, and fatigue at six months.