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COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF MYOFASCIAL RELEASE THERAPY AND POST ISOMETRIC RELAXATION IN POST-TRAUMATIC ELBOW STIFFNESS

. Dr. Sibga Maqsood , Subhan-ur-Rehman Burki, Dr. Abeer Bhatti , Dr. Syed Areeb Muneer , Dr. Kashmala Zia , Hanan Azfar , Aleesha Kasif , Laraib Fatima & Hafiza Mubashra Zahid


Abstract

Being one of the most mobile joints, Elbow requires limb and thus could influence the activities of daily living unrestrained and pain-free movement for normal of the individual. In addition, postoperative pain plays a function since it allows human to freely move their role in this disability. Optimal mobility for joint is hands in various directions (1, 2). An elbow may be necessary to overcome stiffness and thereby enhance considered as a stiff elbow when the range of motion functional movement (4). The major symptoms faced by of elbow joint is reduced or limited affecting the usual PTES patients are usually pain, swelling, stiffness, and activities of daily living (9). This is most likely caused limited range of motion in the damaged elbow. Activities in part by the extremely congruent architecture that cause the elbow to flex, extend, pronate, or supinate required for stability as well as capability to hold loads may be specifically difficult or impossible for the by a lengthy lever. Post-traumatic elbow contracture is individual to conduct. The symptom severity depends on the condition when injured people have limited range the degree of the initial damage and the level of joint of motion, joint pain and functional impairment stiffness. The elbow joint is a compound hinge joint following a traumatic injury. Elbow stiffness can be a connecting the upper arm (humerus) to the two forearm result of different types of traumatic injuries, including bones: radius and ulna. The elbow is a very important part elbow fractures, dislocations, ligamentous injuries, and of the upper extremity. 

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