TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Best Practice for Rehabilitation After Flexor Tendon Repair Remains ElusiveCommentary on an article by Jan-Wiebe H. Korstanje, MSc, PhD, et al.: “Ultrasonographic Assessment of Flexor Tendon Mobilization: Effect of Different Protocols on Tendon Excursion”
AU  - Herndon, James H.
Y1  - 2012/03/07
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.K.01576
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - e32 1
EP  - 2
VL  - 94
IS  - 5
N2  - 
This study, “Ultrasonographic Assessment of Flexor Tendon Mobilization: Effect of Different Protocols on Tendon Excursion,” is an important contribution to our understanding of flexor tendon excursion in the hand. In spite of advances in the surgical repair of lacerated flexor tendons and different modifications of both active and passive motion postoperative treatment programs, “the optimal rehabilitation program after flexor tendon repair is yet to be determined.”1 After surgical repair and healing, the goal of restoring maximum flexor tendon excursion (normally approximately 28 mm for the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon and 33 mm for the flexor digitorum profundus tendon) would allow full motion and normal function2. In this study, Korstanje et al. evaluated three currently used clinical rehabilitation protocols and two experimental models.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01576
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.K.01576
ER  -