FRACTURES IN AN AGING POPULATION OF POLIOMYELITIS SURVIVORS - A COMMUNITY-BASED STUDY IN OLMSTED COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Authors
GOERSS JB ATKINSON EJ WINDEBANK AJ OFALLON WM MELTON LJ
Citation
Jb. Goerss et al., FRACTURES IN AN AGING POPULATION OF POLIOMYELITIS SURVIVORS - A COMMUNITY-BASED STUDY IN OLMSTED COUNTY, MINNESOTA, Mayo Clinic proceedings, 69(4), 1994, pp. 333-339
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Mayo Clinic proceedings → ACNP
ISSN journal
00256196
Volume
69
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
333 - 339
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-6196(1994)69:4<333:FIAAPO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Objective: To determine the incidence of fractures in a cohort of surv ivors of paralytic poliomyelitis (''polio'') Design: We conducted a po pulation-based retrospective cohort study of residents of Olmsted Coun ty, Minnesota, who had an initial diagnosis of polio between 1935 and 1959 and survived the acute illness.