The effect of finger exercises combined with local physiotherapy on recovery of hand function in postoperative with flexor tendon injury / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of finger exercises combined with local physiotherapy on recovery of hand function in postoperative with flexor tendon injury. Methods The data of 286 cases of flexor tendon injury who were received by emergency trauma patients during the period from January 2014 to January 2016.According to the order of admission for single finger exercise function exercise set as the experience group, and routine functional exercise set as control group, to observe the hand function recovery, the satisfaction of patients and the quality of life of patients were compared between the two groups. Results There were no statistical differences of the effective rate of treatment and the daily living ability score between the experimental group and control group in one month after the operation(P>0.05).The effective rate of treatment and the daily living ability score were 95.10% (136/143),(15.32±1.98)points in six months after the operation in the experience group,and 81.12%(116/143),(22.62±1.42)points in the control group,and there were statistical differences between two groups (x2/t=13.35,-14.44,P<0.05).The patient satisfaction score were(88.46±2.20),(96.32±2.64)points in one and six months after the operation in the experimental group and(80.97±3.69),(87.54±2.39)points in the control group(P<0.05),and there were statistical differences between the experimental group and control group (t=20.77, 21.35, all P<0.05). Conclusions The finger exercises combined with local physiotherapy could not only improve the hand function of patients,but also improve the daily life ability of patients,and improve patient satisfaction,it is worth popularizing in clinical practice.