title: [Longitudinal study of vital capacity during the growth of 69 poliomyelitics (author's transl)].
abstract: A longitudinal study of vital capacity (VC) during the growth of 69 children with poliomyelitis was made starting shortly after the end of the period of muscular recovery until they attained 17 years. VC was compared with two theoretical values (VCT). The beginning of puberty was determined by the acceleration of growth of total height and the appearance of pubic hair. Statistical analysis of VC/VCT between the beginning and the end of the study reveals that intercostal paralysis, costal deformities, dorsal scoliosis over 30 degrees and atelectasis were significantly more frequent among the 46 children with unfavourable evolution than among the 23 children with favourable evolution. Comparison of the VC/VCT means at different periods of growth reveals that the growth of VC in poliomyelitics does not undergo the same acceleration as that of height during the two years after the beginning of puberty. In normal subjects, this phenomen has not been clearly seen in cross sectional studies which do not take into account the stage of puberty.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014797:Vital Capacity
vernacular_title: Etude longitudinale de la capacité vitale au cours de la croissance chez 69 poliomyélitiques.