Table 3.
Type and grade of pares in the two groups patients who fulfill the criteria’s for post-polio syndrome (PPS) 2012 and those who did not (PP) at discharge from the first rehabilitation at Malcesine hospital (MH) 1952-1961 and after the rehabilitation cycle in 2012.
|
PPS at discharge
from rehab 1952-61 |
PPS 2012 |
PP at discharge
from rehab.1952-61 |
PP 2012 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetra-paresis | 5 (18%) | 6 (21%) | 0 | 0 | ns |
| Severe Para-paresis | 1 (9%) | 10 (55%) | 1 (6%) | 4 (20%) | P=0,053 |
| Mono-paresis | 12 (43%) | 4 (14%) | 19 (49%) | 19(49%) | chi 2= 7 p=0,007 |
| No paresis | 0 | 0 | 4 (10%) | 0 | ns |