Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Patients with Lesion of Plexus Brachialis

Causes for plexus brachialis damage are versatile, and in some cases remain unknown, but mostly result from degenerative and inflammatory processes. Treatment of brachial plexus dysfunction is often conservative and is subject to a team of specialists - neurologists, traumatologists, rehabilitation...

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Autor principal:	Vacheva D.
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2015
Materias:	plexus brachialis rehabilitation occupational therapy Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:78db32c550d94e4f94e89cbd9555cedb2021-12-02T16:42:08ZMedical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Patients with Lesion of Plexus Brachialis0324-175010.1515/amb-2015-0008https://doaj.org/article/78db32c550d94e4f94e89cbd9555cedb2015-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/amb-2015-0008https://doaj.org/toc/0324-1750Causes for plexus brachialis damage are versatile, and in some cases remain unknown, but mostly result from degenerative and inflammatory processes. Treatment of brachial plexus dysfunction is often conservative and is subject to a team of specialists - neurologists, traumatologists, rehabilitation physicians, kinesitherapists and occupational therapists. The objective of the research is to report the recovery of patients with lesion of plexus brachialis after a complex physiotherapy and rehabilitation treatment program that includes electrostimulation, remedial massage, kinesitherapy, electrotherapy and occupational therapy. A total of 159 patients, treated at the Clinic of Physical Therapy, University Hospital of Pleven, were included in the study. Improvement of measured indexes: pain assessment, centimetry, assessment of upper limb muscle weakness, dynamometry and functional test of activities of daily living, was registered in all patients under observation. In order to achieve good results in the rehabilitation of patients with injured plexus brachialis, timely diagnosis, good medication therapy and early start of complex physiotherapy and rehabilitation are of crucial importance, so that performance of daily living activities improves. The good results come slowly and with difficulties, but the quality of life of patients and the quality of labor performed by them, improves significantly.Vacheva D.Sciendoarticleplexus brachialisrehabilitationoccupational therapyMedicineRENActa Medica Bulgarica, Vol 42, Iss 1, Pp 56-62 (2015)
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description	Causes for plexus brachialis damage are versatile, and in some cases remain unknown, but mostly result from degenerative and inflammatory processes. Treatment of brachial plexus dysfunction is often conservative and is subject to a team of specialists - neurologists, traumatologists, rehabilitation physicians, kinesitherapists and occupational therapists. The objective of the research is to report the recovery of patients with lesion of plexus brachialis after a complex physiotherapy and rehabilitation treatment program that includes electrostimulation, remedial massage, kinesitherapy, electrotherapy and occupational therapy. A total of 159 patients, treated at the Clinic of Physical Therapy, University Hospital of Pleven, were included in the study. Improvement of measured indexes: pain assessment, centimetry, assessment of upper limb muscle weakness, dynamometry and functional test of activities of daily living, was registered in all patients under observation. In order to achieve good results in the rehabilitation of patients with injured plexus brachialis, timely diagnosis, good medication therapy and early start of complex physiotherapy and rehabilitation are of crucial importance, so that performance of daily living activities improves. The good results come slowly and with difficulties, but the quality of life of patients and the quality of labor performed by them, improves significantly.
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title	Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Patients with Lesion of Plexus Brachialis
title_short	Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Patients with Lesion of Plexus Brachialis
title_full	Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Patients with Lesion of Plexus Brachialis
title_fullStr	Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Patients with Lesion of Plexus Brachialis
title_full_unstemmed	Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Patients with Lesion of Plexus Brachialis
title_sort	medical rehabilitation and occupational therapy in patients with lesion of plexus brachialis
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publishDate	2015
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Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Patients with Lesion of Plexus Brachialis

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