Physiotherapia Croatica, Vol. 20 No. 1, 2022.
Pregledni rad
Treatment of Volkmann’s ischemic contracture
Filipe Petković
; Fakultet za dentalnu medicinu i zdravstvo, Osijek
Sonja Iža
; Fakultet za dentalnu medicinu i zdravstvo, Osijek
Ines Ivanković
; Fakultet za dentalnu medicinu i zdravstvo, Osijek
Sažetak
Abstract
Introduction: Volkman›s ischemic contracture is a
complication that occurs after a certain trauma and is
a consequence of ischemic damage. It is manifested
by paresthesias, pallor, pain, and loss of radial artery
pulse. Physiotherapy is based on exercises for stretching
and relaxing shortened muscles, and is performed after
medication and after the acute phase.
Aim: To investigate methods to treat Volkmann›s
ischemic contracture.
Materials and methods: Medline databases (PubMed,
PubMed Central) and Bibliographic database in Croatian
and English were searched by electronic literature
search. The key words used for search purposes are
neurolysis, trauma, Volkmann’s ischemic contracture.
Results: By the exclusion procedure, 11 original
researches related to the research goal of this paper
were obtained.
Conclusion: Medicine today provides various methods
of treating this condition, from conservative methods to
operative methods. Conservative methods can give good
results in the case of some mild degrees of Volkman›s
ischemic contracture, for every other degree requires
some of the techniques of the operative method. It
is very important to educate the medical staff and
increase the news so that such conditions do not occur.
It is recommended that more research be done to prove
the effectiveness of these methods in the treatment of
Volkmann’s ischemic contracture.
Ključne riječi
Volkman›s ischemic contracture, treatment, physiotherapy
Hrčak ID:
285850
URI
Datum izdavanja:
23.5.2022.
Posjeta: 821 *