Physiotherapy for poliomyelitis: a descriptive study in the Republic of Congo

BMC Research Notes

Klaudia Porten²  Rebecca F Grais²  Joseph Ngala¹  Isabelle Mouniaman-Nara³  Augusto E Llosa²  Sarala Nicholas²  Matthew E Coldiron²  Silvia Mancini⁴ 

[1] Ministry of Health, Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo;Epicentre, Paris, France;Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France;Médecins Sans Frontières, Rome, Italy

关键词: Paralysis;    Infectious disease;    Physiotherapy;    Poliomyelitis;   

Others  :  1125824
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-755

 received in 2013-11-14, accepted in 2014-10-02,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

A large poliomyelitis outbreak occurred in 2010 in the Republic of Congo. This paper describes the demographic and clinical characteristics of poliomyelitis cases and their outcomes following physiotherapy.

Findings

Demographic and clinical data were collected on 126 individuals between November 23, 2010 and March 23, 2011. The male/female ratio was 2.5 and the median age was 19 years (IQR: 13.5-23). The most severe forms of the disease were more common in older patients, 81 of the 126 patients (64.3%) had multiple evaluations of muscle strength. Among patients with multiple evaluations, 38.1% had improved strength at final evaluation, 48.3% were stable and 13.6% had decreased strength.

Conclusions

Most acute poliomyelitis patients receiving physiotherapy had improved or stable muscle strength at their final evaluation. These descriptive results highlight the need for further research into the potential benefits of physiotherapy in polio affected patients.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Mancini et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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