The Recovery of Elbow Range of Motion After Treatment of Supracondylar Fractures of Humerus in Children

Dr. Sandeep Sonone; Dr. Surendar Singh Bava; Dr. Aditya Dahapute; Dr. Siddharth Virani; Dr. Sandeep Gokhale

Volume : V, Issue : V, May - 2016

The Recovery of Elbow Range of Motion After Treatment of Supracondylar Fractures of Humerus in Children

Dr. Sandeep Sonone, Dr. Surendar Singh Bava, Dr. Aditya Dahapute, Dr. Siddharth Virani, Dr. Sandeep Gokhale

Abstract :

We conducted a retrospective study for analyzing time required for regaining elbow range of motion after supracondylar humerus fracture and forearm fractures immobilized in above elbow cast without any physiotherapy. We found out that time of immobilization is directly related to time required for recovering range of motion; severity of injury is not related to time of recovery for range of motion; postoperative physiotherapy is not needed in children with uncomplicated elbow fractures.