Case report: training neck and head control in children with chronic paralysis due to acute flaccid myelitis

• Main Authors: Kathryn Noonan-Eaton (Author), Danielle Stout (Author), MacKenzie Goode-Roberts (Author), Laura Leon Machado (Author), Matthew Davis (Author), Andrea L. Behrman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundAcute flaccid myelitis (AFM) occurs rarely in children and adolescents when damage to spinal motor neurons rapidly causes flaccid paralysis of limb, trunk, and neck muscles and potentially respiratory failure. When neck muscles are weakened or paralyzed, a child loses head control, severel...