Post-polio syndrome presenting as isolated neck extensor myopathy: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is characterized by new or worsening muscular weakness, atrophy, muscle and joint pain, and muscle fatiguability decades after paralytic poliomyelitis infection.

Case description

A 56-year-old man was diagnosed with paralytic poliomyelitis at the age of five, which left him with flaccid paralysis and weakness of the right leg. One year before seeking chiropractic care, the patient saw his primary care physician with neck pain, low back pain, and fatigue. At the time, he had been diagnosed with degenerative spondylosis and was being treated with tricyclic antidepressants, clonazepam, and tramadol. Despite taking the drugs, his spinal pain and fatigability deteriorated, and he acquired head ptosis during the following six months. As a resul

SUBMITTER: Chu EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130685 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature