Key result
An individualized, goal-oriented, comprehensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme was experienced as a positive turning point by persons with late effects of polio, leading to a sense of control, new habits, and acceptance of their condition.
Why the study?
Does an individualized, goal-oriented, comprehensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme improve the management of daily activities and self-perception in persons with late effects of polio?
Population
12 community-dwelling adults with clinically verified late effects of polio, mean age 60 years, 8 men and 4…
Design
Other
Follow-up
9 to 18 months after discharge
Authors
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May support individualized rehab referral in late polio; extends qualitative insights but leaves open efficacy confirmation in trials.
Does an individualized, goal-oriented, comprehensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme improve the management of daily activities and self-perception in persons with late effects of polio?
An individualized, comprehensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme can serve as a positive turning point for persons with late effects of polio, helping them adapt to their condition and improve their daily lives.
Larsson-Lund et al. (2010) studied Late effects of polio (post-polio syndrome) (n=12). Individualized, goal-oriented, comprehensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme was evaluated on Experiences of the influence of the rehabilitation programme (qualitative). An individualized, goal-oriented, comprehensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme was experienced as a positive turning point by persons with late effects of polio, leading to a sense of control, new habits, and acceptance of their condition.
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