Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 537-544 , April 2009

Physiotherapy After Volar Plating of Wrist Fractures Is Effective Using a Home Exercise Program

  • Gert D. Krischak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gert D. Krischak, MD, Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Steinhoevelstrasse 9, 89075 Ulm, Germany
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  • Anna Krasteva, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Florian Schneider

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, UlmKolleg, Ulm, Germany
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  • Daniel Gulkin

      Affiliations

    • Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Florian Gebhard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Michael Kramer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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    Recorded grip strength, using the Jamar dynamometer, as a percentage of the healthy side (empirically 100%) as measured in both follow-up examinations, follow-up 1 and follow-up 2 (box plots: upper an

    Recorded grip strength, using the Jamar dynamometer, as a percentage of the healthy side (empirically 100%) as measured in both follow-up examinations, follow-up 1 and follow-up 2 (box plots: upper and lower borders of box, first and third quartile, respectively; horizontal line inside box, median; lower and upper whiskers, tenth and ninetieth percentile, respectively; dots above and below whiskers, maximum and minimum values, respectively). Abbreviations: FU1, follow-up 1; FU2, follow-up 2.

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    ROM of wrist extension and flexion as a percentage of the healthy side (empirically 100%) as measured in both follow-up examinations, follow-up 1 and follow-up 2 (box plots: upper and lower borders of

    ROM of wrist extension and flexion as a percentage of the healthy side (empirically 100%) as measured in both follow-up examinations, follow-up 1 and follow-up 2 (box plots: upper and lower borders of box, first and third quartile, respectively; horizontal line inside box, median; lower and upper whiskers, tenth and ninetieth percentile, respectively; dots above and below whiskers, maximum and minimum values, respectively). Abbreviations: FU1, follow-up 1; FU2, follow-up 2.

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    ROM of ulnar and radial abduction as a percentage of the healthy side (empirically 100%) as measured in both follow-up examinations, follow-up 1 and follow-up 2 (box plots: upper and lower borders of

    ROM of ulnar and radial abduction as a percentage of the healthy side (empirically 100%) as measured in both follow-up examinations, follow-up 1 and follow-up 2 (box plots: upper and lower borders of box, first and third quartile, respectively; horizontal line inside box, median; lower and upper whiskers, tenth and ninetieth percentile, respectively; dots above and below whiskers, maximum and minimum values, respectively). Abbreviations: FU1, follow-up 1; FU2, follow-up 2.

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    ROM of pronation and supination as a percentage of the healthy side (empirically 100%) as measured in both follow-up examinations, follow-up 1 and follow-up 2 (box plots: upper and lower borders of bo

    ROM of pronation and supination as a percentage of the healthy side (empirically 100%) as measured in both follow-up examinations, follow-up 1 and follow-up 2 (box plots: upper and lower borders of box, first and third quartile, respectively; horizontal line inside box, median; lower and upper whiskers, tenth and ninetieth percentile, respectively; dots above and below whiskers, maximum and minimum values, respectively). Abbreviations: FU1, follow-up 1; FU2, follow-up 2.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Trial registration number: The study was been approved by the local Ethics Committee (no. 46/06, 12.07.2006).

PII: S0003-9993(09)00004-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.09.575

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 537-544 , April 2009

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