Effects of Wrist Exercise Program in de Quervain’s disease
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Background: de Quervain’s disease is caused by heavy or repeatedly use of the wrist. This is caused by inflammation around the abductor pollicis longus (APL) and extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) tendon sheath, treatments are conservative treatment and surgical treatment.
Objective: The purpose of this research was the effects of wrist exercise program in de Quervain's disease patients.
Study design: Quasi - experimental research
Methods: The Sample group was 100 de Quervain's disease patients, divided into two groups by simple random sampling. The experimental group received a wrist exercise program, paraffin and ultrasound. The control group received only paraffin and ultrasound 1 time / week for 8 weeks. The research tools was visual analog scale (VAS), swelling by tape measure and range of motion of the wrist by goniometer. The data were analyzed by independent t-test at statistically significantly (p <0.05).
Results: The comparison of pain levels and swelling before and after receiving a wrist exercise program in the experimental group and the control group showed that pain levels and swelling decreased at statistically significant (p <0.05). The comparison of range of motion of the wrist between the experimental group and the control group showed that the experimental group increased at statistically significant (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Effects of wrist exercise programs in de Quervain's disease patients could reduce
pain, swelling and increase range of motion of the wrist. However, when compared with the control group, the results were better.
Keywords: de Quervain, Exercise, Visual analog scale, Swelling, Range of motion
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