Flexor Tendon Repair Postoperative Rehabilitation: The Saint John Protocol

The Saint John Protocol describes a rehabilitation program of up to half a fist of protected true active finger flexion beginning 3 to 5 days after flexor tendon repair. We no longer use full fist place and hold. We illustrate with film and text the reasons for these changes.

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Autores principales: Higgins, Amanda, Lalonde, Donald H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
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Operative Technique Video Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5142498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27975032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001134
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spelling pubmed-51424982016-12-14 Flexor Tendon Repair Postoperative Rehabilitation: The Saint John Protocol Higgins, Amanda Lalonde, Donald H. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Operative Technique Video Articles The Saint John Protocol describes a rehabilitation program of up to half a fist of protected true active finger flexion beginning 3 to 5 days after flexor tendon repair. We no longer use full fist place and hold. We illustrate with film and text the reasons for these changes. Wolters Kluwer Health 2016-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5142498/ /pubmed/27975032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001134 Text en Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Flexor Tendon Repair Postoperative Rehabilitation: The Saint John Protocol
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5142498/
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