The polio epidemics not only altered the lives of those who survived them, but also brought profound cultural changes, spurring grassroots fund-raising campaigns that would revolutionize medical philanthropy, and giving rise to the modern field of rehabilitation therapy.
As epidemias de polio non só alteraron as vidas dos que sobreviviron a elas, senón que tamén trouxeron consigo profundos cambios culturais, estimulando as campañas de recadación de fondos grassroots que revolucionaron a filantropía médica e deron lugar ó campo moderno da fisioterapia.