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Journal of Novel Physiotherapies
Rehabilitation Medicine 2018
May 18-19, 2018
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The effects of finger ROM, muscle strength and function by pneumatic assisted hand exercise device:
Case study
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he aim of this study was to improve the range of motion (ROM), strength, function of finger. A study is conducted by the
exercise device with a patient who has finger contracture due to burn injury. The exercise device used in this study is to
maintainmobility, prevent the development of the contracture and promote the functionality of hand.This study was conducted
one patient with limited of range of motion (LROM) of inter-phalangeal joint in chronic after 20 years from electrical burn
injury in hand. A patient performed pneumatic assisted hand exercise (PaHE) device for eight weeks. We measured ROM,
strength and function of 2nd, 3rd finger at pre-posttest. After eight-week rehabilitation by PaHE showed improvement on 2nd
DIP ROM (ext 35°, flex 5°), PIP ROM (ext 22.5° flex 15°), 3rd DIP ROM (ext 42.5°, flex 2.5°), PIP ROM (ext 27.5°, flex 5°),
2nd finger strength (pre 56.1 nm, post 101.5 nm), 3rd finger strength (pre 75.9 nm, post 120.5 nm) and Jebsen-Taylor Hand
Function Test score (pre 46 score, post 54 score) of fingers. The PaHE device is useful to rehabilitation for a patient with LOM
of finger. We had only one subject. The air tube of PaHE had a good structure for the second and third fingers. We propose that
further study need more patients with an acute case of injury in hand and supplement the structure of the air tube for better
outcome.
Biography
Dae Sung Park is an Editorial board member at Konyang University, Republic of Korea. He started the research with support from the stem project. The study
protocol was approved by the institutional review board of the Konyang university, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. We won the 9th Aid Device Idea Competition held
at Gyeonggi Provincial Rehabilitation Engineering Service Research Support Center.
daeric@konyang.ac.krDae Sung Park
Konyang University, Republic of Korea
Dae Sung Park, J Nov Physiother 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7025-C2-025