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Duration of wrist immobilization is associated with shoulder pain in patients with after wrist immobilization: an observational study
- Source :
- Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation, 2018.
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Abstract
- The main goal of this study was to determinate the extent of the relationship between shoulder pain and time of wrist and thumb immobilization required after injury. One hundred twenty-three consecutive subjects presenting to the practice of different Orthopedic Specialist hospitals with a diagnosis of distal radius or scaphoid fracture that required wrist and thumb immobilization were screened for eligibility criteria. Upper extremity pain and the need for shoulder rehabilitation were assessed using the visual analogue scale (VAS) at baseline after immobilization period (T0) 1- and 3-month follow-up (1-FU/2-FU). More than 35% patients had shoulder pain (VAS>40 mm) after immobilization of the wrist. Shoulder pain intensity after immobilization and at follow-up (1 and 3 months) was strongly correlated with the duration of the immobilization. Immobilization for 3.5 weeks or longer was the strongest predictor for the need of subsequent shoulder rehabilitation. An increased the time of immobilization of the wrist is associated with an increase in shoulder pain and need for shoulder rehabilitation in patients after wrist fracture.
- Subjects :
- musculoskeletal diseases
Shoulder
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual analogue scale
Pain
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Scaphoid fracture
Wrist
Thumb
Immobilization
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
In patient
030222 orthopedics
business.industry
medicine.disease
body regions
medicine.anatomical_structure
Orthopedic surgery
Physical therapy
Original Article
Observational study
WRIST FRACTURE
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22881778 and 2288176X
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2f1ac71cc7ab8237fb5ec7e766003c57