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POST-POLIO LIBRARY

The POST-POLIO LIBRARY will soon contain everything Drs. Bruno & Frick have written for you to download into your post-polio library.

More information can be found in Dr. Bruno's book, The Polio Paradox: Uncovering the Hidden History of Polio to Understand and Treat "Post-Polio Syndrome" and Chronic Fatigue published in 2002 by Warner Books.

NEWSLETTER EDITORS: Feel free to reprint anything that's of interest to you. YOU HAVE OUR PERMISSION WITHOUT ASKING! We want to get information out to every polio survivor!

NOTE THAT THE ARTICLES HAVE NO TABLES OR FIGURES. If you would like to reprint an article with its figures (diagrams, pictures and graphs), just e-mail us at: HarvestCtr@aol.com and we'll send the figures by e-mail or by post.

BASIC PPS INFORMATION

• Bruno RL, Zimmerman JR. Word finding difficulty as a Post-Polio Sequelae. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2000; 79:343-348.

  
  

  Bruno RL. "Non-paralytic" Polio as Prelude to Post-Polio Sequelae.Post-Polio Sequelae Monograph Series. Volume 10 (2). Hackensack: Harvest Press, 2000.

  
  

• Bruno RL. TES: Dangerous or merely ineffective?Post-Polio Sequelae Monograph Series. Volume 10 (1). Hackensack: Harvest Press, 2000.

  
  

• Bruno RL. Avoiding PPS: A Pound of Prevention is Worth a Ton of Therapy.Post-Polio Sequelae Monograph Series. Volume 10 (3). Hackensack: Harvest Press, 2000.

  
  

• Bruno RL. The Stealth Polio Epidemic of 1947. New Mobility, June, 1999.

  
  

• Bruno RL. The Ten Commandments of PPS. New Mobility, June, 1999.

  
  

• REVISED Bruno RL. Post-polio Sequelae: True Answers for Friends and Family.

  
  

• Bruno RL. Post-Polio Sequelae: Preventing Ultimate Burnout. In Spinal Network. Malibu: Miramar Communications, 1998.

  
  

• Bruno RL. Post-Polio Research: The State of the Art. New Mobility, April, 1998.

  
  

• Bruno RL. Is Type A behavior criptonite? Caliper, 1997, 52: 10-15.

  
  

• Bruno RL. After the fall: Do illness, injuries and surgeries trigger PPS? New Mobility, 1997, 8: 54-55.

  
  

• Bruno RL. Post-Polio Sequelae and the paradigms of the '50's: Newtie, Ozzie and Harriet versus paradigms of caring and a future for rehabilitation in America. The 45th John Stanley Coulter Memorial Lecture. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1995; 76 (12): 1093-1096.

  
  

• Frick NM, Bruno RL. Post-Polio Sequelae: Physiological and psychological overview. Rehabilitation Literature, 1986; 47 (5-6): 106-111.

  
  

• Bruno RL. Polio Survivors Abroad: The Canadian and British Experience. New Mobility, 1996; 7(39): 45-49.

PPS FATIGUE

• Bruno RL, Creange SJ, Frick NM. Parallels between post-polio fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: A Common pathophysiology? American Journal of Medicine, 1998, 105 (3A): 66-73.

  
  

• Bruno RL, Creange SJ, Zimmerman JR, Frick NM. Elevated plasma prolactin and EEG slow wave power in post-polio fatigue: Implications for a dopamine deficiency underlying chronic fatigue syndromes. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 1998; 4: 61-76.

  
  

• Bruno RL. Chronic fatigue, fainting and autonomic dysfunction: Further similarities between post-polio Fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 1997, 3: 107-117.

  
  

• Bruno RL,Frick NM, Creange SJ, Molzen T, Lewis T, Zimmerman JR. Polioencephalitis and the brain fatigue generator model of post-viral fatigue syndromes. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 1996; 2:5-27.

  
  

• Bruno RL,Zimmerman JR, Creange SJ, Lewis T, Molzen T, Frick NM. Bromocriptine in the treatment of post-polio fatigue: A pilot study with implications for the pathophysiology of fatigue. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1996; 75(5): 340-347.

  
  

• Bruno RL. Fainting and Fatigue: Causation or Coincidence? CFIDS Chronicle, 1996; 9(2): 37-39.

  
  

• Bruno RL,Sapolsky R, Zimmerman JR, Frick NM. The pathophysiology of a central cause of post-polio fatigue. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1995; 753: 257-275.

  
  

• Bruno RL,Frick NM, Creange SJ, Lewis T, Molzen T. The cause and treatment of post-polio fatigue. Proceedings of the Ontario March of Dimes Conference on Post-Polio Sequelae. Toronto: Ontario March of Dimes, 1995.

  
  

• Bruno RL,Cohen J, Galski T, Frick NM. The neuroanatomy of post-polio fatigue. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1994; 75: 498-504.

  
  

• Bruno RL,Galski T, DeLuca J. The neuropsychology of post-polio fatigue. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1993; 74: 1061-1065.

  
  

• Bruno RL,Frick NM, Cohen, J. Polioencephalitis, stress and the etiology of Post-Polio Sequelae.Orthopedics, 1991; 14 (11): 1269-1276.

POLIO FEET, BLOOD VESSELS
& "POLIO BELLYS"

• Bruno RL. Cold intolerance and 'polio feet" as post-polio sequelae. Post-Polio Sequelae Monograph Series. Volume 9 (1). Hackensack: Harvest Press, 1999.

  
  

• Bruno RL, Frick NM. Parasympathetic abnormalities as post-polio sequelae (Abstract). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1995; 76: 594.

  
  

• Bruno RL. Fainting and Fatigue: Causation or Coincidence? CFIDS Chronicle, 1996; 9(2): 37-39.

  
  

PSYCHOLOGY of POLIO and PPS

• Bruno RL. 'Beating' The Tribal Drum: Rejecting disability stereotypes and preventing self-discrimination.Disability and Society, 1999, 14:855-857

  
  

• Bruno RL. Emotional stress in polio survivors.Post-Polio Sequelae Monograph Series. Volume 9 (2). Hackensack: Harvest Press, 1999.

  
  

• Bruno RL. Regaining Intimacy: Becoming a sexy polio survivor.Post-Polio Sequelae Monograph Series. Volume 9 (3). Hackensack: Harvest Press, 1999.

  
  

• Creange SJ, Bruno RL. Compliance with treatment for Post-Polio Sequelae: Effect of Type A Behavior, Self-Concept and Loneliness.American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1997, 76: 378-382

  
  

• Bruno RL. Predicting hyperactive behavior as a cause of non-compliance with rehabilitation: The Reinforcement Motivation Survey. Journal of Rehabilitation; 1995; 61 (2): 50 - 57.

  
  

• Frick NM. The contribution of childhood physical and emotional trauma to the development of the post-polio personality. Proceedings of the Ontario March of Dimes Conference on Post-Polio Sequelae. Toronto: Ontario March of Dimes, 1995.

  
  

• Bruno RL, Frick NM. The psychology of polio as prelude to Post-Polio Sequelae: Behavior modification and psychotherapy. Orthopedics, 1991; 14 (11): 1185-1193.

  
  

• Bruno RL, Frick NM, Cohen, J. Polioencephalitis, stress and the etiology of Post-Polio Sequelae.Orthopedics, 1991; 14 (11): 1269-1276.

  
  

• Bruno RL, Frick NM. Stress and "Type A" behavior as precipitants of Post-Polio Sequelae. In Research and Clinical Aspects of the Late Effects of Poliomyelitis. White Plains: March of Dimes Research Foundation, 1987.

  
  

• Frick NM, Bruno RL. Post-Polio Sequelae: Physiological and psychological overview. Rehabilitation Literature, 1986; 47 (5-6): 106-111.

SLEEP PROBLEMS

• Bruno RL. Abnormal movements in sleep as a Post-Polio Sequelae (CME article). American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1998; 77: 1-6.

SURGICAL & DENTAL PROCEDURES:
PREVENTING PROBLEMS

• REVISED 2002 Bruno RL. Preventing complications in polio survivors undergoing surgery. Post-Polio Sequelae Monograph Series. Volume 7(2). Hackensack; Harvest Press, 1997.

  
  

• REVISED Bruno RL. Preventing complications in polio survivors undergoing dental procedures. Post-Polio Sequelae Monograph Series. Volume 6(1). Hackensack; Harvest Press, 1996.

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