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The Use Of Physiological Rest In Poliomyelitis
Physiological rest is not simply rest in bed, but the maintenance of the body and its extremities in such positions that all forces, both internal and external, are unable to operate to the disadvantage of affected muscle groups....
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Title: The Use Of Physiological Rest In Poliomyelitis
Creator: C.L. Lowman, M.D., F.A.C.S. (author)
Date: October 1933
Format: Article
Publication: The Polio Chronicle
Source: Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation Archives
Location: pp.2, 6
Keywords: Assistive Technology; Braces; Diagnoses & Diseases; Disease; Doctors; Georgia; Health & Medicine; Institutions; Medical Professionals; Medicine; Medicine & Science; Pain; Physical Disability; Physical Therapy; Polio; Rehabilitation; Technology & Equipment; Treatments Therapies Cures; Warm Springs Foundation
Topics: Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Physical Environment; Science, Health & Technology
Funding Support Provided By: NEC Foundation of America


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