Orthoses in patients with poliomyelitis
Wetz, H.H.; Exner, G.U.
Therapeutische Umschau. Revue Therapeutique 52(7): 483-486
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-5930 PMID: 7631282 Document Number: 446284
Poliomyelitis, in spite of vaccination, is still a problem: in the third world as well as for the victims of the epidemics of the first half of this century, who now, becoming older, have growing difficulties to overcome their paralyses. They needed and still need orthoses for walking. How do they manage? And what can orthopedic technique offer them today?
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