Controlled motion rehabilitation after flexor tendon repair and grafting: a multi-centre study

We present a system for treatment by controlled motion after repair of flexor tendons in the hand. This Washington regimen incorporates both controlled active extension against passive flexion by rubber band and the use of controlled passive extension and flexion. We utilise the Brooke Army Hospital...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume 1988-08, Vol.70B (4), p.591-595
Hauptverfasser: CHOW, J. A, THOMES, L. J, DOVELLE, S, MONSIVAIS, J, MILNOR, W. H, JACKSON, J. P
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Zusammenfassung:We present a system for treatment by controlled motion after repair of flexor tendons in the hand. This Washington regimen incorporates both controlled active extension against passive flexion by rubber band and the use of controlled passive extension and flexion. We utilise the Brooke Army Hospital modification of the rubber band passive flexion splint; this provides for maximal excursion of the tendon with full passive flexion of the finger. The 66 patients (78 fingers) who form the basis of this study all sustained complete laceration of the flexor profundus and superficialis tendons in "no man's land". Results were evaluated by the Strickland formula of total active motion (TAM) of the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints. Sixty-two fingers (80%) were rated "excellent", 14 fingers (18%) were "good", two fingers (2%) were "fair", none was rated "poor". Our regimen of controlled motion rehabilitation has also been applied with equal success to cases of flexor tendon grafting.
ISSN:0301-620X
2044-5377
DOI:10.1302/0301-620x.70b4.3403603