To the question of damage to the muscles of the body with poliomyelitis anterior acuta

One of the most striking, prominent manifestations in the clinical picture of acute anterior poliomyelitis) is undoubtedly the defeat of the musculature of the skeleton - paralysis with rapidly developing degenerative muscle atrophy, standing in connection with the affected cells of the anterior horns of the spinal cord or the nuclei of the motor cranial nerves. Part of the paralyzed and atrophied muscles after some time recovers and their function is more or less fully restored; the other part of the muscles, depending on the more severe damage to their primary centers in the spinal cord or brain, remains forever paralyzed and atrophied, which causes a number of functional shortcomings in a variety of voluntary movements and indelible deformities for the rest of the patient's life.