Effect of early rehabilitation on the hip joint function in patients with comminuted posterior wall fractures of the acetabulum after internal fixation
10.3969/j.issn.1673-8225.2010.04.038
- VernacularTitle:早期康复对髋臼后壁粉碎骨折术后功能的影响
- Author:
Xiaobo WU
;
Qi ZHANG
;
Lianxin SONG
;
Yingze ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
2010;14(4):732-735
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Treatment for acetabular fracture becomes a hot point in orthopaedic trauma, but ignorance of rehabilitative treatment that effect therapeutic efficacy is to be seen repeatedly. Normative rehabilitation therapy is one indispensable procedure of acetabular fracture treatment.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of early rehabilitation on the hip joint function in patients with comminuted posterior wall fractures of the acetabulum after internal fixation.METHODS: Forty patients of comminuted posterior wall fractures of the acetabulum at the Department of Orthopedics, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, were selected, including 36 males and 4 females, aged 23-61 years, mean aged 35.3 years. All patients were randomly divided into rehabilitation and control group, with 20 patients in each group. All the patients were fixed with reconstruction plate, the patients in the rehabilitation group received early standard rehabilitation exercises intervention and those in control group received usual care. The clinical result was evaluated with the scores of Merle d'Aubigne and Postel.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The scores of Merle d'Aubigne and Postel of the rehabilitation group were (13.10±2.05),(14.50±1.32), and (15.80±1.36) points at months 3, 6, and 12 after operation, which were greater than those of the control group (11.20±2.80), (13.00±2.10), and (14.25±1.74) points, respectively (P<0.05). The early rehabilitation exercises may improve the hip joint function for patients of the comminuted posterior wall fractures of the acetabulum after surgery.
