title: Postoperative management for PIP joint pyrocarbon arthroplasty.
abstract: Although protocols provide therapists with the scaffolding with which to build a treatment program, it is the judgment, knowledge, and skills of the therapist, and how the one uses such information that allows for modification of a protocol when deemed necessary. This therapist outlines how she modified a postsurgical protocol by using anatomy, biomechanics, the literature, and clinical judgment. This article describes the methodical approach used to successfully modify a standard postsurgical protocol after a PIP joint arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: The Philadelphia Hand Center, P.C., Philadelphia, USA. sheri.feldscher@comcast.net
authors.forename: Sheri B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Feldscher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050806:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Finger; D002244:Carbon; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013165:Splints
chemical_list: C009139:pyrolytic carbon; D002244:Carbon