Flexor Tendon Repair Postoperative Rehabilitation

Flexor Tendon Repair Postoperative Rehabilitation: The Saint John Protocol

The Saint John Protocol describes a rehabilitation program of up to half a fist of protected true active finger flexion beginning 3 to 5 days after flexor tendon repair. We no longer use full fist place and hold. We illustrate with film and text the reasons for these changes.

Rehabilitation after flexor tendon repair, reconstruction, and tenolysis.

Flexor tendon rehabilitation after injury and surgical intervention has progressed over the last several decades. This evolution has left a vast amount of information for the hand therapy clinician. The hand therapist treating a primary flexor tendon repair can easily feel daunted, confused, and apprehensive because of the sheer amount of information before him or her, which may lead to patient...

Recent progress in intrasynovial flexor tendon repair and rehabilitation.

Flexor tendon repair rehabilitation protocols: a systematic review.

PURPOSE To systematically review various flexor tendon rehabilitation protocols and to contrast those using early passive versus early active range of motion. METHODS We searched PubMed and Cochrane Library databases to identify articles involving flexor tendon injury, repair, and rehabilitation protocols. All zones of injury were included. Articles were classified based on the protocol used ...

Flexor Tendon Repair

During the last 20 years there have been significant innovations in injury repair and aftercare for patients who sustain zone 2 flexor tendon injuries. Improvements in our understanding of the mechanisms of repair and the variables that impact the function of the repair site have resulted in outcome improvements. The purpose of this article is to review advances in flexor tendon surgery and to ...