Study of nursing measures for foot-drop complicated after surgical trauma
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2011.03.084
- VernacularTitle:手术创伤并发足下垂患者的护理
- Author:
Yuanfen HUANG
;
Peiying XIE
;
Qiuhua ZENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Surgical trauma;
Foot drop;
Nursing measures;
Continuous passive motion
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2011;27(3):17-18
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective The purpose of this study was to observe the recovery effects of nursing intervention on foot-drop complicated after surgical trauma of bone fracture, and to discuss effective nursing strategies and measures. Methods 60 cases of patients with foot-drop complicated after internal fixation of tibial fractures were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group with 30 cases in each group, the observation group used lower limb joints rehabilitation trainers for ankle passive motion, the control group used artificial methods for ankle passive motion. Ankle movement and muscle strength recovery was observed and recorded after 12 weeks in two groups. Results Ankle joint mobility and muscle strength was significantly better in the observation group than in the control group. Conclusions Using lower limb joints rehabilitation trainers for ankle passive motion showed better effect than artificial methods for ankle passive motion.
