Key result
A case series of 6 children with acute flaccid myelitis describes their complete acute and post-acute care course to highlight the complex medical and rehabilitation management required.
Why the study?
There is a paucity of literature describing the post-acute comprehensive rehabilitation management that maximizes functional outcomes for pediatric patients with acute flaccid myelitis.
Case Report (n=6)
This case series provides descriptive evidence on the comprehensive rehabilitation management of children with acute flaccid myelitis to maximize functional outcomes.
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a "polio-like" neurologic disorder of the spinal cord gray matter characterized by asymmetric, flaccid limb weakness of rapid onset following prodromal viral illness. It has affected the pediatric population of the United States since 2014, but there is a paucity of literature describing the post-acute comprehensive rehabilitation management that maximizes functional outcomes for patients. This case series attempts to mitigate this by describing the complete acute and post-acute care course of six children diagnosed with AFM in Western Pennsylvania. It is critical that pediatric rehabilitation medicine providers be knowledgeable about the complex medical and rehabilitation management for patients with AFM.
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Beardsley et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Acute flaccid myelitis (n=6). Acute and post-acute comprehensive rehabilitation management was evaluated on Acute and post-acute care course. A case series of 6 children with acute flaccid myelitis describes their complete acute and post-acute care course to highlight the complex medical and rehabilitation management required.
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