High-intensity mechanical therapy for loss of knee extension for worker's compensation and non-compensation patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knee flexion contractures have been associated with increased pain and a reduced ability to perform activities of daily living. Contractures can be treated either surgically or conservatively, but these treatment options may not be as successful with worker's compensation patients. The purposes of retrospective review were to 1) determine the efficacy of using adjunctive high-intensity stretch (HIS) mechanical therapy to treat flexion contractures, and 2) compare the results between groups of worker's compensation and non-compensation patients.

Methods

Fifty-six patients (19 women, 37 men, age = 51.5 ± 17.0 years) with flexion contractures were treated with HIS mechanical therapy as an adjunct to outpatient physical therapy. Mechanical therapy was only prescribed

SUBMITTER: Dempsey AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2964642 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature