Thus a patient who has originally been paralyzed in both legs may recover the power in one leg entirely, and may be left with a condition of paralysis in the peronei or in the anterior tibial group of the other leg, so that the terminal condition is very... A System of practical medicine v. 4, 1898 - Page 140by Alfred Lebbeus Loomis - 1898Full view - About this book
| 1900 - 636 pages
...will recover partially. At the end of six months the muscles which do not respond. will never recover. As a rule the limb that is affected never entirely...power, and usually shows some atrophy and shortening. The growth of the limb is diminished by the disease, so the healthy limb outgrows the other. The prognosis... | |
| Moses Allen Starr - 1903 - 818 pages
...tibial group of the other leg, so that the terminal condition is very much less severe than that at the onset. As a rule, the limb that is affected never...other. It is thought that an electrical examination may afford some ground for a prognosis. It is believed that the muscles which respond to the faradic... | |
| Moses Allen Starr - 1907 - 872 pages
...tibial group of the other leg, so that the terminal condition is very much less severe than that at the onset. As a rule, the limb that is affected never...limbs is hampered by the existence of the disease, and heuce in a growing child the unaffected limb outgrows the other. It is thought that an electrical examination... | |
| Moses Allen Starr - 1909 - 976 pages
...tibial group of the other leg, so that the terminal condition is very much less severe than that at the onset. As a rule, the limb that is affected never...limbs is hampered by the existence of the disease, aud hence in a growing child the unaffected limb outgrows the other. It is thought that an electrical... | |
| Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt - 1911 - 946 pages
...anterior tibial group of the other leg ; so that the final condition is very much less severe than that at the onset. As a rule the limb that is affected never entirely regains its power, and usually shews some atrophy and shortening ; the growth of a limb is hampered by the existence of the disease,... | |
| Moses Allen Starr - 1913 - 1042 pages
...Differentialdiagnose der poliomyelitis anterior acuta, myatonia congpnita and polyneuritis. Berlin, S. Karger, 1908. As a rule, the limb that is affected never entirely...other. It is thought that an electrical examination may afford some ground for a prognosis. It is believed that the muscles which respond to the faradic... | |
| Irving J. Spear - 1916 - 686 pages
...paralysis at the onset of the attack, the less permanent will the disturbance of function be. As a rule, a limb that is affected never entirely regains its power, and usually shows atrophy and shortening. The electric examination is of assistance in making a prognosis: muscles that... | |
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