Volume 26, Issue 124, June 2022

Effectiveness of early physiotherapy management in acute stage of traumatic spinal cord injury patient- A case report

Akanksha Hege¹, Ragini Dadgal², Moh’d Irshad Qureshi³

¹Intern, Department of Neuro-Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (DU), Wardha442004, Maharashtra, India
²Assistant Professor, Department of Neuro-Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (DU), Wardha442004, Maharashtra, India
³Professor, Head of Neuro-Physiotherapy Department, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (DU), Wardha442004, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is rare and has a profound impact on an individual’s life. Traumatic SCI are cause due to Road Traffic Accident (RTA), gunshot, falls etc. It alters the motor, sensory and autonomic functions. The SCI can be categorized in tetraplegia and paraplegia. Presented case is a 26 year old male came in casualty with the complain of loss of power over bilateral lower limb, with history of trauma due to which he had T11- L3 for L1 vertebrae fracture and was operated for the fixation of the same. He was diagnosed as traumatic SCI based on symptoms, physical examination, outcome measures, MRI. Early physiotherapy management was initiated and after 15 days, the functional status of patient was improved. We conclude that the early physiotherapy management is effective in acute stage of traumatic SCI patient.

Keywords: Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, Physiotherapy management, Acute stage SCI, Early PT management

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms242e2163

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i124/ms242e2163

Published: 24 June 2022