THE RESPONSE OF THE QUADRICEPS FEMORIS TO PROGRESSIVE-RESISTANCE EXERCISES IN POLIOMYELITIC PATIENTS
- 1 October 1948
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 30 (4) , 834-847
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-194830040-00003
Abstract
The qualitative and quantitative evidence presented supports the hypothesis that, following acute anterior poliomyelitis, the remaining innervated muscles respond to proressive-resistance exercises by an increase in strength and work capacity in much the same manner as normal muscles.Keywords
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