horizontal skin traction in abduction in physiotherapy management of legg calve perthes disease

• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2525860
• Publication Date: 2018-12-01
• Authors: Piotr Kacperczyk; Maciej Kołban; Elżbieta Modrzeje...; Agnieszka Turoń-S...; Natalia Tomska
• Keywords: legg–calvé–perthes disease, therapeutic exercises, skin traction in abduction; GV557-1198.995; Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease; R; Medicine; therapeutic exercises; skin traction in abduction; L; Education; Sports; 3. Good health

Modrzejewska Elżbieta, Tomska Natalia, Turoń-Skrzypińska Agnieszka, Kacperczyk Piotr, Kołban Maciej. Horizontal skin traction in abduction in physiotherapy management of Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(12):587-592. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2525861 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6408 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, noncommercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.11.2018. Revised: 20.11.2018. Accepted: 25.12.2018. Horizontal skin traction in abduction in physiotherapy management of Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease Elżbieta Modrzejewska1, Natalia Tomska2, Agnieszka Turoń-Skrzypińska2, Piotr Kacperczyk3, Maciej Kołban1 Clinical Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology, 1st Autonomous Public Teaching Hospital in Szczecin, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, ul. Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy Department of Pomeranian Medical University, Psychiatric Center Żołnierska 55, Independent Public Specialist Health Care Facility "Zdroje" in Szczecin Abstract Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease is one of the many types of avascular necrosis with etiologies that have not been clearly confirmed yet. It affects the hip joint and is more prevalent in boys between the ages of 3 and 10. The purpose of this paper is to present physiotherapy management of Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease (LCPD) with horizontal skin traction in abduction. The treatment can be either conservative or operative. In both the cases, appropriate rehabilitation must be performed to facilitate the child’s full recovery. The objective of the comprehensive treatment is to restore the shape of the affected head of femur. The entire course of the disease, from onset to resolution, may take as long as a few years. This article is intended as an effective guide to choosing suitable exercises in the given stage of treatment. Keywords: Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease, therapeutic exercises, skin traction in abduction