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For Health Professionals
INDEX:
Information about the late effects of poliomyelitis ... for polio survivors, families and friends, for health professionals
For Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants
For Nurses
Exercise for Polio Survivors
Anesthesia Concerns for Polio Survivors
Other Resources: Post-Polio Syndrome, Identifying Best Practices of Diagnosis and Care; Reports and CD from Post-Polio Task Force; and Medical/Clinical Publications about Post-Polio Syndrome and Other Post-Polio Problems
Basic information brochure from PHI ...
Information about the Late Effects of Poliomyelitis
... for polio survivors
... for families and friends
... for health professionals
Attractive, printed, brochures with easily detachable sections for each section, available one free copy or nominal prices for bulk orders.
For Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants
The following four articles were prepared by Marianne T. Weiss, PT, who dedicated many hours of work treating polio survivors and educating fellow physical therapists about the late effects of polio. PHI publishes this part of her comprehensive work to assure that her efforts continue past her much-too-early passing in 2002.
Physical Therapy Examination and Treatment of the Polio Survivor (pdf)
Presentation for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants at Post-Polio Health International's Eighth International and Independent Living Conference, June 2000
Positioning for Comfort during Work, Leisure Activities and Rest (pdf)
Practical advice for daily living activities.
PART I: Becoming an Intelligent Consumer of Physical Therapy Services
Published in Polio Network News, Winter 1993, Vol. 9, No. 1
PART II: Becoming an Intelligent Consumer of Physical Therapy Services
Published in Polio Network News, Spring 1993, Vol. 9, No. 2
Donald A. Neumann, PT, PhD, wrote the following article which was originally published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy.
Polio: Its Impact on the People of the United States and the Emerging Profession of Physical Therapy (pdf)
Reproduced from Neumann DA. Polio: Its Impact on the People of the United States and the Emerging Profession of Physical Therapy, J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2004; 34(8) 479-492, with permission of the Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy Sections of the American Physical Therapy Association.
For Nurses
It is interesting to note that much is written about the need to educate physicians, physical therapists and occupational therapists, and even psychologists, but nurses are not typically mentioned, but should be. Resources are listed below.
Alexa Stuifbergen, RN, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, 1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701, USA, astuifbergen@mail.utexas.edu, has studied polio survivors for several years and has published the following:
Harrison T, Stuifbergen A, Barriers that further disablement: A study of survivors of polio., J Neurosci Nurs 33: 3, 160-6, Jun, 2001.
Becker H, Stuifbergen A, What makes it so hard? Barriers to health promotion experienced by people with multiple sclerosis and polio, Fam Community Health 27: 1, 75-85, Jan-Mar, 2004.
Stuifbergen AK, Seraphine A, Harrison T, Adachi E, An explanatory model of health promotion and quality of life for persons with post-polio syndrome, Soc Sci Med 60: 2, 383-393, Jan, 2005.
Stuifbergen A, Secondary conditions and life satisfaction among polio survivors., Rehab Nursing 30: 5, 173-179, Sept-Oct, 2005.
RNWEB®, part of RN®, featured "Polio patients take a second hit" by Vanessa C. Kramasz, PR, MSN, APRN, in its November 2005 edition.
RN® serves registered nurses in various specialties, primarily those working in hospital-affiliated facilities. Roughly 80 percent of the editorial matter is clinical. A heavy emphasis on practical application of current deveopments is solidly grounded in pathophysiology. Legal issues, ethical questions and career development are among the non-clinical topics covered. Four continuing education tests are offered in every issue.
"Polio patients take a second hit" is approved for 1.0 contact hour of ANCC credit and AACN Category A credit.
Exercise
A Statement about Exercise for Survivors of Polio
Written by the Medical Advisory Committee of Post-Polio Health International and endorsed by 29 post-polio experts. For additional information, read Articles about Exercise for Polio Survivors, collected from past issues of Post-Polio Health.
Anesthesia
Summary of Anesthesia Issues for Post-Polio Patients FRENCH SPANISH
Selma H. Calmes, MD, Olive View/UCLA Medical Center, provides cautionary advice for polio survivors.
"Postpolio Syndrome and Anesthesia"
David A. Lambert, MD; Elenis Giannouli, MD; & Brian J. Schmidt, MD, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. (Read the article in September 2005 issue of Anesthesiology, Vol. 103, No. 3, pp 638-644.)
Survivors of last century's polio epidemics now entering their fifth to seventh decades of life are presenting for surgery more often. Some of these patients may have postpolio syndrome. This article reviews polio, postpolio syndrome and anesthetic considerations for this patient population.
Guidelines for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pdf)
Selma H. Calmes, MD, Olive View/UCLA Medical Center for Post-Polio Health, Winter 2006, Vol. 22, No. 1.
Other Resources
Post-Polio Syndrome: Identifying Best Practices in Diagnosis & Care (#31-1522-01).
Information from March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation's International Conference on Post-Polio Syndrome (1999) for health professionals. Send your name and mailing address for a free printed copy in English to PHI (info@post-polio.org). English, French and Spanish translations of the reports can also be accessed from the March of Dimes website. Read more ...
Reports & CD from Post-Polio Task Force (1997)
A task force of clinicians and researchers who specialized in diagnosing and treating polio survivors with symptoms of post-polio syndrome, as well as patient advocates for survivors of polio, was formed to help promote awareness and advance medical knowledge of the late effects of polio. Although disbanded in 1999 because the research was concluded, the information that was developed for this section of the PHI website remains relevant to this date.