Post-polio syndrome - Review of 111 patients

We report on the clinical and neurophysiological findings in 111 patients with polio sequelae, 89 of whom suffered from a post-polio syndrome (PPS). Main complaints were pain, fatigue and increasing weakness in previously affected and unaffected muscles, EMG showed fibrillation potentials in 20% of muscles and widespread chronic denervation, 6 of 24 examined CSF-samples showed positive oligoclonal bands in IEF, Na other CSF abnormalities were seen.