[Which treatments for the hyperventilation syndrome in adults?].

The hyperventilation syndrome is a complex entity whose management is poorly codified. We report a synthesis about the management of adult patients diagnosed with hyperventilation syndrome. A systematic literature review has identified fifteen articles dealing, among them three studies about drug treatment and the others about non-pharmacological approaches.

Effort training in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.

Objective: Physical therapy strategies have recently proved their efficacy in the field of Parkinson's disease management. The purpose of this paper was to access the efficacy and the limits of aerobic training and strength training included in physical rehabilitation programs and to define practical modalities.

Method: A comprehensive search on Pubmed and Cochrane databases was made.

Aerobic capacities and exercise tolerance in neuromuscular diseases: a descriptive study.

Introduction: Up until now, there has been little description of the test exercises carried out in patients with neuromuscular diseases. However, prescription of physical therapy by exercise requires rigorous individualized assessment of the patient's physical endurance parameters.

Objective: To describe exercise tolerance and external limitation factors in a sample group of adult patients suffering from neuromuscular diseases.

Post-polio syndrome: Pathophysiological hypotheses, diagnosis criteria, drug therapy.

Post-polio syndrome (PPS) refers to a clinical disorder affecting polio survivors with sequelae years after the initial polio attack. These patients report new musculoskeletal symptoms, loss of muscular strength or endurance. PPS patients are tired, in pain and experience new and unusual muscular deficits, on healthy muscles as well as deficient muscles initially affected by the Poliovirus.

Post-polio syndrome and rehabilitation.

Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is the commonly affected term to describe the symptoms that may develop many years after acute paralytic poliomyelitis. The etiology of PPS is still unclear. An overuse of enlarged motor units is suspected causing denervation again due to distal degeneration of axons.