ABSTRACT
A partir da revisäo de literatura, esse trabalho buscou apresentar novos referenciais terapêuticos no tratamento das lesöes de paralisia braquial obstétrica. O estudo foi realizado com um caso clínico, utilizando a Manobra de Tensäo Contra Tensäo (Beziers, 1992). O objetivo da utilizaçäo desta manobra foi o de checar a sua eficiência na reabilitaçäo da paralisia braquial obstétrica. Para proporcionar maior alinhamento articular, obedece a coordenaçäo motora da criança no ato de pegar. Consiste na rotaçäo interna do úmero e externa da mäo criando um estado de tensäo que mantém um segmento prolongando o outro, permitindo o alinhamento dos eixos (punho e cotovelo). A medida que o membro é alinhado, favorece a disposiçäo e o aumento das trabéculas ósseas, modificando as linhas de força e o seu posicionamento, remodelando o membro trabalhado...
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Humans , Male , Infant , Motor Skills Disorders , Physical Therapy Specialty , Paralysis, Obstetric/therapyABSTRACT
Se hace una revisión de 150 pacientes con las siguientes patologías neuro ortopédicas de miembro superior; parálisis cerebral infantil, parálisis obstétricas y artrogriposis, tratados quirúrgicamente en el Hospital General de San Carlos Dr. Egort Nucette, a través de la Fundación Ortopédica Infantil Cojedes (6 parálisis cerebral y 2 parálisis braquial obstétricas) y la Unidad de Neuro Ortopedia 57 de Chuao en Caracas (100 parálisis cerebral y 42 artrogriposis). Se analizan los resultados desde el punto de vista funcional, mencionando el aspecto etiológico, el origen geográfico y tratamiento pre y postoperatorio así como la técnica quirúrgica
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Humans , Male , Female , Arthrogryposis , Cerebral Palsy/surgery , Paralysis, Obstetric/surgery , Paralysis, Obstetric/therapy , Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical , Venezuela , TraumatologyABSTRACT
Electromyography and related electrodiagnostic techniques are being applied to clinical studies of neuromuscular diseases with increasing frequency and effectiveness. Four patients with obstetrical palsy were examined and followed up with electromyography. The findings from clinical observation and electromyographic studies were discussed in regard to the site of the lesion, prediction of prognosis and the degree of nerve regeneration. It is emphasized that findings provided by electromyographic examinations can not only contribute to accurate diagnosis, but also serve as a guide for selecting appropriate means of treatment with physical therapy for the patients with obstetrical palsy as well as to monitor progress, by doing a series of periodic examinations. Adler and Patterson(1967) reported that the incidence of Erb's palsy has remarkably decreased. From 1939 to 1962 they found only one hundred and twenty three cases instead of four hundred and ninety one cases in the period from 1928 to 1939 at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Statistics on obstetrical palsy due to the brachial plexus injury are not available in Korea. It is assumed however that its incidence here must also be decreased as the obstetric services have advanced significantly in recent years. The clinical picture of a brachial plexus palsy is dependent on the location of the pathology in the plexus and it is not easy to predict the prognosis without knowledge of the degree of injury. With electromyographic studies it is possible to detect the exact site of the lesion in the brachial plexus, the degree of injury and the progress of nerve regeneration. Therefore, it is a useful tool for making accurate diagnosis and prognosis and the findings provided by the electromyographic studies permit appropriate selection of treatment as the nerve regeneration takes place. Four cases of obstetrical palsy of the brachial plexus were referred to Severance Hospital for electromyographic examination and subsequent treatment from February to September 1972.
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Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Electromyography , Paralysis, Obstetric/diagnosis , Paralysis, Obstetric/therapyABSTRACT
Electromyography and related electrodiagnostic techniques are being applied to clinical studies of neuromuscular diseases with increasing frequency and effectiveness. Four patients with obstetrical palsy were examined and followed up with electromyography. The findings from clinical observation and electromyographic studies were discussed in regard to the site of the lesion, prediction of prognosis and the degree of nerve regeneration. It is emphasized that findings provided by electromyographic examinations can not only contribute to accurate diagnosis, but also serve as a guide for selecting appropriate means of treatment with physical therapy for the patients with obstetrical palsy as well as to monitor progress, by doing a series of periodic examinations. Adler and Patterson(1967) reported that the incidence of Erb's palsy has remarkably decreased. From 1939 to 1962 they found only one hundred and twenty three cases instead of four hundred and ninety one cases in the period from 1928 to 1939 at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Statistics on obstetrical palsy due to the brachial plexus injury are not available in Korea. It is assumed however that its incidence here must also be decreased as the obstetric services have advanced significantly in recent years. The clinical picture of a brachial plexus palsy is dependent on the location of the pathology in the plexus and it is not easy to predict the prognosis without knowledge of the degree of injury. With electromyographic studies it is possible to detect the exact site of the lesion in the brachial plexus, the degree of injury and the progress of nerve regeneration. Therefore, it is a useful tool for making accurate diagnosis and prognosis and the findings provided by the electromyographic studies permit appropriate selection of treatment as the nerve regeneration takes place. Four cases of obstetrical palsy of the brachial plexus were referred to Severance Hospital for electromyographic examination and subsequent treatment from February to September 1972.