The opportunity of rehabilitation treatment in acetabular fractures treated by osteosynthesis.
Two groups of 24 patients each who had been submitted to osteosynthesis for the treatment of fracture of the acetabulum were evaluated. The first group was submitted to rehabilitation treatment according to the protocol used in the Division of Physiotherapy at the Rizzoli Institute; the second group did not use this protocol. Clinical-radiographic follow-ups were obtained after 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year postsurgery. The results of the evaluations carried out showed the usefulness of specific physiokinesitherapy in obtaining more rapid and best possible functional recovery.
Davoli
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Servizio e Recupero Rieducazione Funzionale, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna.
Bilotta
T W
TW
Villani
S
S
Zinghi
G
G
Ponziani
L
L
Pascarella
R
R
D000077:Acetabulum / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged