Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 10 , Pages 1352-1356 , October 2006

Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Fatigued Postpoliomyelitis Clinic Patients

Presented in part to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, October 28, 2005, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Valerie Dahan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill, University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
    • ,
  • R. John Kimoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Division and Sleep Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Basil J. Petrof, MD

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Division and Sleep Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Andrea Benedetti, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Diane Diorio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill, University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Daria A. Trojan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill, University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Daria A. Trojan, MD, Montreal Neurological Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, 3801 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada

References 

  1. Trojan DA, Cashman NR. Post-poliomyelitis syndrome. Muscle Nerve. 2005;31:6–19
  2. Jubelt B, Cashman NR. Neurological manifestations of the post-polio syndrome. Crit Rev Neurobiol. 1987;3:199–220
  3. Codd MB, Mulder DW, Kurland LT, Beard CM, O’Fallon WM. Poliomyelitis in Rochester, Minnesota, 1935–1955: epidemiology and long-term sequelae (A preliminary report). In:  Halstead LS,  Wiechers DO editor. Late effects of poliomyelitis. Miami: Symposia Foundation; 1985;p. 121–134
  4. Halstead LS, Rossi CD. Post-polio syndrome: clinical experience with 132 consecutive outpatients. In:  Halstead LS,  Wiechers DO editor. Research and clinical aspects of the late effects of poliomyelitis. White Plains: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation; 1987;p. 13–26
  5. Schanke AK, Stanghelle JK. Fatigue in polio survivors. Spinal Cord. 2001;39:243–251
  6. Sleep-related breathing disorders in adults: recommendations for syndrome definition and measurement techniques in clinical research (The report of an American Academy of Sleep Medicine Task Force). Sleep. 1999;22:667–689
  7. Collop NA. Obstructive sleep apnea syndromes. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2005;26:13–24
  8. Young T, Palta M, Dempsey J, Skatrud J, Weber S, Badr S. The occurrence of sleep-disordered breathing among middle-aged adults. N Engl J Med. 1993;328:1230–1235
  9. Bruno RL, Sapolsky R, Zimmerman JR, Frick NM. Pathophysiology of a central cause of post-polio fatigue. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1995;753:257–275
  10. Ulfberg J, Jonsson R, Ekeroth G. Sleep apnea syndrome among poliomyelitis survivors [letter]. Neurology. 1997;49:1189–1190
  11. Steljes DG, Kryger MH, Kirk BW, Millar TW. Sleep in postpolio syndrome. Chest. 1990;98:133–140
  12. Dean A, Graham BA, Dalakas M, Sato S. Sleep apnea in patients with postpolio syndrome. Ann Neurol. 1998;43:661–664
  13. Hsu AA, Staats BA. “Postpolio” sequelae and sleep-related disordered breathing. Mayo Clin Proc. 1998;73:216–224
  14. Chesson AL, Berry RB, Pack A. Practice parameters for the use of portable monitoring devices in the investigation of suspected obstructive sleep apnea in adults. Sleep. 2003;26:907–913
  15. Wolfe F, Smythe HA, Yunus MB, et al. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia (Report of the Multicenter Criteria Committee). Arthritis Rheum. 1990;33:160–172
  16. Berlly MH, Strauser WW, Hall KM. Fatigue in postpolio syndrome. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1991;72:115–118
  17. Flemons WW. Obstructive sleep apnea. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:498–504
  18. Trojan DA, Cashman NR, Shapiro S, Tansey CM, Esdaile JM. Predictive factors for post-poliomyelitis syndrome. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1994;75:770–777
  19. Benjamini Y, Hochberg Y. Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing. J R Stat Soc B. 1995;57:289–300
  20. Bender R, Lange S. Adjusting for multiple testing—when and how? (J Clin Epidemiol). 2001;54:343–349
  21. Perrin C, D’Ambrosio C, White A, Hill NS. Sleep in restrictive and neuromuscular respiratory disorders. Semin Resp Crit Care Med. 2005;26:117–130
  22. Ting L, Malhotra A. Disorders of sleep: an overview. Prim Care. 2005;32:305–318
  23. Bruno RL, Frick NM, Creange S. Nocturnal generalized random myoclonus as a postpolio sequelae. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1995;76:594;[abstract]
  24. Mahowald MW, Schenck CH. Insights from studying human sleep disorders. Nature. 2005;437:1279–1285
  25. Bach JR, Tilton M. Pulmonary dysfunction and its management in post-polio patients. NeuroRehabilitation. 1997;8:139–153
  26. Halstead LS, Silver JK. Nonparalytic polio and postpolio syndrome. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2000;79:13–18

 Supported by the Polio Quebec Association and the Montreal Neurological Institute (salary support).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00842-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.07.256

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 10 , Pages 1352-1356 , October 2006

Article Tools