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EFFECTS OF REHABILITATION TREATMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ELBOW CONTRACTURE AFTER SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURES IN CHILDHOOD
Faculty of Medicine , Novi Sad , Serbia
Institute for Children and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina , Vojvodina , Serbia
Clinic for Children Habilitation and Rehabilitation , Novi Sad , Serbia
Clinic for Children Habilitation and Rehabilitation , Novi Sad , Serbia
Institute for Children and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina , Novi Sad , Serbia
Faculty of Medicine , Novi Sad , Serbia
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Supracondylar fractures of humerus are the most frequent arm fractures in childhood. Complications of these fractures most often take the form of elbow contractures. The aim of this paper was to determine effects of rehabilitation treatment and characteristics of elbow contractures. During five-year period (2005-2010), 61 patients with posttraumatic elbow contracture were treated at the Institute for Children and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina. Flynnís three-grade scale was applied to determine the elbow mobility level, prior to treatment and at its end. After the completed physical treatment, there is a highly statistically significant difference in terms of increased flexion and extension of elbow (p0.0001). In 90.16% children, the result was satisfactory upon completed physical treatment. By means of combined application of different forms of physical therapy, treatment results of elbow contractures after supracondylar fractures have significantly improved.
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