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General conditioning exercises or aerobic exercises, specifically to maintain or improve cardiovascular endurance, are good for many polio survivors and have been shown to be effective (Owen & Jones, 1985; Kriz et al., 1992).
- Exercise - The Basics - Post Polio
Exercise should be focused on functionally important...
- Exercise - The Basics - Post Polio
Strength training exercises for post polio are not recommended as it may damage weakened muscles. The principles of safe and effective exercise for people with Post Polio Syndrome are: 1. Start gradually up to 30 minutes of. 2. Moderate level aerobics. 3. At a moderate pace. 4. Every second day.
Our results suggest that severely fatigued individuals with PPS cannot adhere to a high intensity aerobic exercise program on a cycle ergometer. Despite exercise intensities around the AT, lower extremity muscle function nor cardiorespiratory fitness improved.
Exercise should be focused on functionally important muscles. An appropriate exercise program will help to maintain the strength of previously involved muscles, and also avoid overloading those muscles which previously were not recognized as having been affected.
To decrease this incidence of falling, many strategies are adopted, such as: walking aids, wheelchair, motorized wheelchair, adapting the patient’s home environment, and exercises to control balance and strength , but most post-polio patients saw a gradual decrease in their physical mobility over the course of a decade .
What might be most reassuring, is that the strongest exercise effect was in outcomes within the mental and sensory domain (outcomes related to pain and fatigue) favouring improvement in 2 highly prevalent symptoms in post-polio conditions.
18 sty 2010 · Fatigue has a negative impact on activities of daily living and there is evidence that post-polio related fatigue is an important factor for the reduced health related quality of life (HRQoL) in polio survivors . In current practice, rehabilitation management is the mainstay of treatment for PPS.
