Joan L. Headley, Executive Director, Post-Polio Health International Typical of most studies, the name of the most recently announced study related to post-polio syndrome is long but exactingly descriptive: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Parallel-Group Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) Flebogamma® 5% DIF in Patients with Post-Polio Syndrome. The main purpose of the study …
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Summary of Poliovirus Genome in Patients with Post-Polio Syndrome
In late 2013, Post-Polio Health International awarded $100,000 to the team of Antonio Toniolo, MD; Andreina Baj, MD; Martina Colombo, PhD – Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria Medical Center, Varese, Italy, to expand its search for poliovirus genome in various populations. The team’s work is enhanced by the expertise of …
Role of Oral Glutathione (2013)
PHI awarded $25,000 each to two research groups in 2011. This is the report from the University of Michigan. Claire Z. Kalpakjian, PhD, MS, University of Michigan, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ann Arbor, Michigan Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant and plays an important role in a number of cellular processes and the maintenance of cellular homeostasis associated with health …
Persisting Noninfectious Genome Fragments of Poliovirus in PPS Patients
In 2009, PHI awarded $25,000 to team from University of Insubria, Varese, Italy, led by Antonio Toniolo, MD, PhD, Professor of Medical Microbiology and Virology. Final Report Antonio Toniolo, MD; Andreina Baj, MD; Giuseppe Maccari, MS – Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Insubria Medical Center, Varese, Italy Laura Bertolasi, MD; Salvatore …
Effects of Whole Body Vibration on People with Post-Polio Syndrome
Carolyn P. Da Silva, PT, DSc, NCS, Texas Woman’s University, Houston, Texas, and Yi-Wen Michelle Pu, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas In 2013, Post-Polio Health International awarded its seventh research grant ($25,000) to lead researcher, Carolyn P. Da Silva, PT, DSc, NCS, Texas Woman’s University. The study explored an important topic – exercise. Whole body vibration (WBV) is …
Post-Polio in Jerusalem (2012)
PHI awarded $25,000 to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. The 2011 study was called Characteristics of poliomyelitis and post-polio patients among Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem under the leadership of Zeev Meiner, MD, Principal Investigator, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Dr. Meiner’s co-investigators included Isabella Schwartz, MD, Head of the Department of Physical Medicine and …
Improve Muscle Function?
Post-Polio Health, Volume 30, Number 1, Winter 2014 Ask Dr. Maynard Frederick M. Maynard, MD Question: I am a 61-year-old female who has recently been diagnosed with post-polio syndrome. I am looking for the latest research on improving muscle function in the affected limb. Are there new medicines that can improve muscle functioning? Answer: Research studies have demonstrated that muscle strength and endurance can …