[Evaluation of the cervicothoracobrachial outlet and results of conservative treatment].
A thorough evaluation of the thoracic outlet patient assists the therapist in determining the neurologic and vascular components, but exact localization and pathologic structures are difficult to recognize. According to Walsh, separating compressive TOS from entrapment TOS is essential to proper treatment. Compressive versus entrapment TOS is stated throughout assessment: etiology, symptomatology, associated pathologies and results of provocative maneuvers, including the Plexus Brachial Tension Test popularized by Butler. Improvement following the various protocols of standard treatment varies from 50 to 90%. In entrapment TOS, utilization of peripheral nerve mobilization techniques to restore nerve gliding mobility could improve the results of conservative treatment.
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D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011379:Prognosis; D013901:Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*