Comparison of early and late surgical outcomes of patients after total hip arthroplasty in terms of the type of surgical approach and assessment of the level of fitness

Paweł Zieliński, Rafał Trąbka, Jarosław Amarowicz, Mateusz Curyło, Paweł Kamiński, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk, Tomasz Maicki

P. Zieliński, R. Trąbka, J. Amarowicz, M. Curyło, P. Kamiński, M. Wilk-Frańczuk, T. Maicki – Comparison of early and late surgical outcomes of patients after total hip arthroplasty in terms of the type of surgical approach and assessment of the level of fitness. Fizjoterapia Polska 2021; 21(4); 190-203

Abstract
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of human joint pathology. It is estimated that it affects about 6% of the world’s population. In addition to the hand and knee joints, the hip joint is one of the most common joints affected by OA.
The study included 59 randomly selected patients (from a group of over 600 people operated in a similar period) of the Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Department of the Centre for Rehabilitation and Orthopaedics in Krakow, who underwent THA due to advanced degenerative changes using a cementless prosthesis.
The objective of the study was to compare the early and late outcomes of the procedure (patient’s fitness level and subjective assessment) using the anterolateral (according to Watson-Jones) and lateral (McFarland and Osborne as modified by Hardinge) approach.
The obtained results confirm better outcomes in terms of the abduction strength scale (SO%), HHS, VAS, frequency of the Trendelenburg sign and partially mobility (external rotation) in relation to short-term follow-up (especially after 6 and 12 weeks), but not long-term follow-up (after 24 weeks and 11-12 years).
It was found that people who underwent surgery using the lateral approach (according to Hardinge) recover faster than people who underwent surgery with the use of the anterolateral approach (according to Watson-Jones).
Key words:
arthroplasty, osteoarthritis, hip joint
Pobierz/Download/下載/Cкачиваете Download for free (only English version)

Physiotherapy in patients with congenital haemorrhagic diathesis in the material of the systemic rehabilitation department

Joanna Bukowska, Agata Pawełczyk, Ireneusz Kotela, Małgorzata Szarota, Paweł Kaminiński, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk, Rafał Trąbka

Joanna Bukowska, Agata Pawełczyk, Ireneusz Kotela, Małgorzata Szarota, Paweł Kaminiński, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk, Rafał Trąbka – Physiotherapy in patients with congenital haemorrhagic diathesis in the material of the systemic rehabilitation department. Fizjoterapia Polska 2021; 21(2); 6-15

Abstract
Aim. The objective of this study is to present the process and results of physiotherapy in patients suffering from congenital haemorrhagic diathesis, treated at the Inpatient Rehabilitation Department of the Krakow Rehabilitation Centre and Orthopaedics (MSOR). Material. The analysis involved 73 patients treated at the Inpatient Rehabilitation Department between 2014 and 2019. The reason for admission was haemophilic arthropathy in the course of congenital haemorrhagic diathesis. Results. The results prove that early postoperative knee rehabilitation is effective in patients with congenital haemorrhagic diathesis after surgery. Deaver’s functional scale: before rehabilitation, the mean result was 3.65, after rehabilitation it was 2.62. Muscle strength: the assessment of muscle strength according to the Lovett scale showed improvement in 64 patients (87,67%). Range of motion: in the extension test, the condition of 57 patients (78%) improved, the mean result was better by 7.52 degrees. Conclusions. 1. The use of early physiotherapy in patients with haemophilia after knee endoprosthetics results in an improvement in gait function analysed according to Deaver’s scale. 2. Early rehabilitation of patients with haemophilia after endoprosthetics results in an increase in the range of motion of the knee joint and in muscle strength. 3. It was also found that pain in the joint undergoing surgery was reduced thanks to the applied physiotherapy.
Key words:
physiotherapy, haemophilia, endoprosthetics, arthropathy
Pobierz/Download/下載/Cкачиваете Download for free (only English version)

Analysis of therapy results in patients with cervical spine pain according to PNF concept and elements of manual therapy

Tomasz Maicki, Rafał Trąbka, Wojciech Szwarczyk, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk, Bogusław Figura

Tomasz Maicki, Rafał Trąbka, Wojciech Szwarczyk, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk, Bogusław Figura – Analysis of therapy results in patients with cervical spine pain according to PNF concept and elements of manual therapy. Fizjoterapia Polska 2012; 12(3); 263-273

Abstract
This study shows an analysis of two rehabilitation methods in order to determine the differences between groups and changes after the therapy in terms of reducing pain, restoration of mobility and proper function of the cervical spine. The study was conducted on a group of 80 patients referred to rehabilitation due to restricted mobility and pain in the cervical spine, which resulted in impairment in everyday life. Patients were divided into two groups: group 1 consisted of 40 patients treated with PNF concept, and group 2 consisted of 40 patients treated with manual therapy elements. The study used a survey: Functional Index Scale and Oswestry scale for cervical and McGill pain Questionnaire. Additionally range of motion in certain planes was measured by the CROM device. Statistically significant differences were obtained in both groups of patients according to their individual rehabilitation program based on PNF concept and elements of manual therapy. However, patients who received PNF treatment showed greater improvement in mobility, function and pain relief. Results based analysis shows that therapy in group 1 and 2 was efficient, however PNF method proved to be more effective in comparison to treatment with manual therapy elements.
Key words:
Deep neck muscles, PNF, manual therapy, functional rehabilitation
Invalid download ID. Pobierz bezpłatnie artykuł w j. angielskim

Evaluation of the effectiveness of Kinesiology Taping in the treatment of injuries in volleyball players

Radosław Grabosz, Aneta Bac, Maicki Tomasz, Piotr Rutkowski, Małgorzata Szarota, Agnieszka Szlachetka, Agnieszka Jędrzejewska, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk, Rafał Trąbka

Radosław Grabosz, Aneta Bac, Maicki Tomasz, Piotr Rutkowski, Małgorzata Szarota, Agnieszka Szlachetka, Agnieszka Jędrzejewska, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk, Rafał Trąbka – Evaluation of the effectiveness of Kinesiology Taping in the treatment of injuries in volleyball players. Fizjoterapia Polska 2021; 21(1); 54-61

Abstract
Introduction. Contemporary sports physiotherapy has various methods of treating patients. Currently, Kinesiology Taping has become one of the most popular and inherent prophylactic methods supporting treatment after injuries within the musculoskeletal system. This technique allows the space between the skin and the fascia to be opened, which allows for better microcirculation and thus faster regeneration processes.
Objective. The objective of the study was to assess the pain and the results of Kinesiology Taping in the studied volleyball players after injuries of various parts of the body.
Materials and method. The study assessed the effect of Kinesiology Taping as a physiotherapeutic method that is commonly used after injuries in professional volleyball players. The study covered 72 players diagnosed with a motor organ dysfunction that occurred during physical activity related to practicing a given discipline.
Results. The study showed the relationship between the change in pain intensity assessed using the VAS scale and the application of Kinesiology Taping (Student’s t-test). The test showed a relationship between the use of taping and the reduction of pain, which was statistically significant for all injured parts of the body (p < 0.05).
Conclusions. In the assessment of the studied volleyball players, Kinesiology Taping of the areas of the body presented in the study was effective. There was a decrease in the value of pain assessed according to the scale.
Key words:
Kinesiology Taping, kinesiotaping, injuries, sports
Pobierz/Download/下載/Cкачиваете Pobierz bezpłatnie artykuł w j. angielskim

Presentation and analysis of the types of scales monitoring the progress of physical therapy in patients with low back pain

Joanna Adamska, Tomasz Maicki, Rafał Trąbka, Karolina Pawełkowska, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk

J. Adamska, T. Maicki, R. Trąbka, K. Pawełkowska, M. Wilk-Frańczuk – Presentation and analysis of the types of scales monitoring the progress of physical therapy in patients with low back pain. Fizjoterapia Polska 2020; 20(3); 6-17

Streszczenie
Background. LBP is a serious health problem in modern society. Epidemiological studies in many countries indicate that LBP occurs in 85% of the population and is the main cause of physical disability in people under 45 years of age. At the moment, there is a lack of standard of management and monitoring of the progress of physiotherapy in patients with lumbar spine pain. To assess the effectiveness of therapy, researchers use different scales, norms and tests.
Goal. The aim of the study was presentation and analysis various ways of assessing the progress of physiotherapy in people with low back pain.
Material and methods. Publications were searched in the PUBMED search engine by entering keywords low back pain, manual therapy, randomized trial. 98 publications were found meeting the criteria in which various scales were used to assess the progress of therapy in patients with LBP. These were the scales of pain, disability, quality of life, depression, sleep quality, and fear of moving. The inclusion criteria were: publications from the last 5 years, human studies. Publications in English from databases made available online by the Jagiellonian University Medical Library were taken into account. Review and meta-analysis articles, theoretical considerations, surgical and pharmacological treatment of LBP were rejected. The publication regarding coccidium and cervical and thoracic pain was also rejected. The duration of the discomfort was not significant in the search.
Results. The authors used the VAS scale (36 times), the NRS, NPRS scales (36 times) from the pain scales, the ODI scale (38 times) and the RMDQ scale (38 times) from the scales of disability. Quality of life scales SF36 (14 times), EQ-5D (10 times), depression scales CESD10 (2 times), BDI (2 times), sleep quality PSQIQ (4 times), fear avoidance FABQ (12 times), TSK (7 times).
Conclusions. The scales of pain and disability are most commonly used, but scales measuring quality of life, sleep quality, depression and kinesiophobia also appear in research.

Słowa kluczowe:
pain scales, VAS scale, NPRS scale, ODI scale

Invalid download ID.

Rehabilitation after multiple fractures of olecranon process treated surgically. A case study

Joanna Bukowska, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk, Rafał Trąbka, Tomasz Maicki

J. Bukowska, M. Wilk-Frańczuk, R. Trąbka, T. Maicki – Rehabilitation after multiple fractures of olecranon process treated surgically. A case study. Fizjoterapia Polska 2019; 19(2); 106-114

Abstract
Goal of the study is to present a process and results of rehabilitation of a patient after fracture of elbow joint – a case study.
Materials and methods are shown basing on rehabilitation of a 23-year old female patient after fracture of the right olecranon process as a result of a bike fall. She was treated surgically by reposition and stabilization of the fracture by Weber’s wire. The rehabilitation started two weeks after the operation in an ambulatory conditions, after which the full range of motion in the joint was not achieved. Flexion and extension contracture, significantly limiting everyday activities, has been established. Subsequent cycles of intensive physiotherapy influenced improvement of joint function, pain reduction and allowed to achieve goals set in an individual physiotherapeutic plan. The recovery process in the presented case was long and lasted 2.5 years due to numerous complications treated surgically.
Results. Analysis of the process shows that main physiotherapeutic approach should be aimed at limitation of inflammation, pain reduction and achieving full range of motion in the elbow joint.
Conclusion. 1. Fractures of olecranon process lead to complications. 2. Rehabilitation after fractures of olecranon process should be early, intensive and individualized. 3. Presented programme of rehabilitation allowed recovery of lost functions.

Key words:
fracture of olecranon process, complications, arthrolysis, physiotherapy, contracture

 

Pobierz/Download/下載/Cкачиваете Download for free (only English version)

Comparison between the effectiveness of therapy using a high-frequency electromagnetic field and the therapy using ultrasound waves in the degenerative and overload diseases of the locomotor system

Lidia Kościelny, Krystyna Stanisz-Wallis, Bożena Latała, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk

L. Kościelny, K. Stanisz-Wallis, B. Latała, M. Wilk-Frańczuk – Comparison between the effectiveness of therapy using a high-frequency electromagnetic field and the therapy using ultrasound waves in the degenerative and overload diseases of the locomotor system. Fizjoterapia Polska 2018; 18(1); 6-13

Abstract

Objective. The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of treating degenerative diseases of the locomotor system using a high-frequency electromagnetic field in comparison with ultrasound treatment.
Materials and methods. 77 people aged 42-84 with exacerbation of pain ailments and limitation of motor skills resulting from degenerative diseases, were qualified for the study. The patients were divided into 3 groups. The following procedures were performed in group I (27 persons): cryotherapy, laser therapy and kinesiotherapy. The following procedures were performed in group II (27 persons): cryotherapy, laser therapy, ultrasounds and kinesiotherapy. The following procedures were performed in group III (23 persons): cryotherapy, laser therapy, high-frequency electromagnetic field, kinesiotherapy. The procedures were performed for 10 days in all the groups. There was applied the motor skill assessment survey and pain assessment. The tests were performed on the 1st and 10th day of the procedures.
Results. In each group, the treatment applied occurred to be effective, which was statistically relevant. In group III, the median difference was highest. Similarly, the change in pain was most significant in group III, the therapy using an electromagnetic field occurred most effective.
Conclusions. A significant difference between the initial and final pain was noted in the 3 tested groups. A significant difference in the level of pain appeared in the 3 tested groups. The higher effectiveness of electromagnetic field therapy was demonstrated.

Key words:
rehabilitation, degenerative lesions, physical therapy

Pobierz/Download/下載/Cкачиваете Download (only English version)

Evaluation of the therapeutic effects in the patients with the glenohumeral joint dysfunction treated according to Brian Mulligan concept and with the pectoral girdle muscle tapping as well as circumarticular injections

Mateusz Curyło, Katarzyna Cienkosz, Jan W. Sosnowski, Andrzej Szczygieł, Irena Szczepańska, Piotr Wróbel, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk,  Jan W. Raczkowski

M. Curyło, K. Cienkosz, J. W. Sosnowski, A. Szczygieł, I. Szczepańska, P. Wróbel, M. Wilk-Frańczuk,  J. W. Raczkowski – Evaluation of the therapeutic effects in the patients with the glenohumeral joint dysfunction treated according to Brian Mulligan concept and with the pectoral girdle muscle tapping as well as circumarticular injections. FP 2017; 17(1); 116-124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56984/8ZG075474

Abstract

Introduction. Sedentary lifestyle connected with the civilizational development and the work in sitting position cause glenohumeral joints dysfunction, most often in the form of overload-pain ailments.
Purpose of this study. The purpose of this study was to compare the physiotherapeutic effects with the application of mobilization with motion according to Brian Mulligan and the pectoral girdle muscle tapping, and the used circumarticular injections.
Material and Methods. The research included 27 patients. The first group (16 persons) was treated with the circumarticular injections of medicines of the corticosteroids group. In the second group (11 persons) the manual therapy according to Brian Mulligan’s concept and the muscle tapping were used. The examinations were performed before the therapy and after three weeks. The used measurements included the shoulder pain and disability index SPADI, provocative tests HIN, HIB, POP, Job, “painful arc” (70°-120°), “belly–press”, goniometric measurement and the subjective pain feeling at the night time. In order to check if the used therapy type had any effect on the upper limb function improvement, the statistical analysis was made in the variance with a_mixed scheme, where the inter-group factor was the type of therapy, and the intra-group factor was the measurement moment: before and after completion of the therapy. Data were processed using Microsoft Excel and Statistica software.
Results. The applied therapy methods influenced improvement of the glenohumeral joint movement range in both groups. The group 2 had better results in reduction of periodic pain ailments and sleep disturbances.
Conclusions. Both used therapeutic programs improves functioning and reduce pain ailments in the investigated group, however the use of 2 therapeutic techniques in the group 2, according to Mulligan’s concept and the muscle tapping, brought significantly greater improvement in the clinical condition evaluation and in the patients’ subjective assessment.

Key words:
painful shoulder syndrome, manual therapy, physiotherapy

Pobierz/Download/下載/Cкачиваете Download for free (only English version)

Assessment of life quality of women after mastectomy with consideration to physiotherapy process

Mateusz Curyło, Katarzyna Cienkosz, Agata Curyło, Piotr Wróbel, Magdalena Wilk-Frańczuk, Jan W. Raczkowski

M. Curyło, K. Cienkosz, A. Curyło, P. Wróbel, M. Wilk-Frańczuk, J. W. Raczkowski – Assessment of life quality of women after mastectomy with consideration to physiotherapy process. FP 2016; 16(3); 80-87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56984/8ZG13C49A

Abstract
Purpose of this study. Evaluation of the patient’s life quality after operational treatment of the breast cancer – mastectomy, and determination of any correlation between made rehabilitation and participation in a support group.
Material and methods. The research was conducted using a questionnaire that included open and closed questions, it had 25 questions concerning patient’s condition before and after operation.
Results. Most women use physiotherapy (88%) and support offered by Amazon Clubs (88%). The most popular form of rehabilitation appeared to be kinesiotherapy (94%) and massage (70%). It was observed that the upper limb at operated side had reduced efficiency, after operation as good it was assumed only by 16% of total. Most women stated that their emotional condition had not changed after operation (32%) or slightly worsen (24%). None of the women declared lack of acceptance for their condition after amputation. As many as 48% did not seen any influence of the mastectomy on the quality of life, and for 36% the change was negative.
Conclusions. It may not be clearly stated if bigger influence on the self assessment of the quality of life has directly only physiotherapy or the Amazon Club that builds so important psychosocial relations, it proves complexity of the rehabilitation treatment. It is required to combine oncologic treatment with physiotherapeutic procedures and activity of social organizations, as all these aspects have beneficial influence on the women’s self-esteem after mastectomy.

Key words:
cancer, mastectomy, mammary gland, rehabilitation, life quality

Pobierz/Download/下載/Cкачиваете Download for free (only English version)