Volume 25, Issue 114, August 2021

Multimodal physiotherapy program in treatment of post-operative femoral condylar stiffness: A case report

Mansi Karwa¹, Tajuddin Chitapure², Rinkle Malani^3♦

¹BPT, MGM School of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, a constituent unit of MGMIHS, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
²Assistant Professor, MGM School of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, a constituent unit of MGMIHS, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
³Professor and Principal, MGM School of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, a constituent unit of MGMIHS, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Professor and Principal, MGM School of Physiotherapy, Aurangabad, a constituent unit of MGMIHS, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Post traumatic restricted range of motion in knee joint is termed as knee stiffness and is the most significant complication after intra articular or extra articular injury. Physiotherapy treatment includes cryotherapy, mobilization techniques, muscle energy techniques which are effective in reducing knee stiffness. The aim of this current case report is to improve pain, the knee range of motion (ROM), prevent secondary complication and improve the function. 23 year male provided the combination of manual therapy and isolytic muscle contraction approach to the knee joint. In this case report we used the outcomes like VAS for pain, knee ROM, muscle strength and Lysholm knee scale to evaluate the functional capabilities of the patients to check the improvement in pre and post treatment measurements. The conclusion included that though the post-operative femoral condylar knee stiffness is challenging to manage we can get the positive results by using multimodal physiotherapy program.

Keywords: Femoral condylar fracture, Post traumatic knee stiffness, Isolytic contraction

Medical Science, 2021, 25(114), 1915-1919

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