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Suggest Treatment To Improve Muscular Power In A Polio Affected Leg

hi doc , my friend suffering from polio in left leg. left leg little shorter 1 but she walk with support of clippers. i want to know how to improve muscular power of hip and thigh of affected leg and also know any advance clippers . i love her too much..... please help me..
Fri, 17 Apr 2015
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Dear caring boyfriend
In poliomyelitis there is affection of anterior horn cells of spinal cord and this leads to wasting and weakness of affected leg. Wasting cannot be improved but power can be improved with physiotherapy and exercise. Take her to physiotherapist and ask for quadriceps and hamstring strengthening excersise. Limb length can also be achieved with surgery and ilizarov techniques. If there are deformity it can also treated surgically. Take her to expert orthopaedic surgeon and get herself examined. All the best.
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Suggest Treatment To Improve Muscular Power In A Polio Affected Leg

Dear caring boyfriend In poliomyelitis there is affection of anterior horn cells of spinal cord and this leads to wasting and weakness of affected leg. Wasting cannot be improved but power can be improved with physiotherapy and exercise. Take her to physiotherapist and ask for quadriceps and hamstring strengthening excersise. Limb length can also be achieved with surgery and ilizarov techniques. If there are deformity it can also treated surgically. Take her to expert orthopaedic surgeon and get herself examined. All the best.