Key result
Physiotherapy interventions over 4 months resulted in positive outcomes for symptom management and increased patient satisfaction in a pregnant woman with brachial neuritis.
Why the study?
To describe physiotherapy intervention strategies and evaluate their effectiveness in managing brachial neuritis in a pregnant female without medication.
Does physiotherapy improve symptoms in a pregnant woman with postoperative onset brachial neuritis?
Case Report (n=1)
Does physiotherapy improve symptoms in a pregnant woman with postoperative onset brachial neuritis?
Physiotherapy may be an effective non-pharmacological treatment for brachial neuritis in pregnant patients who cannot or choose not to take medications.
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May support non-drug symptom relief in one pregnant case; leaves open need for controlled trials before practice change.
Brachial neuritis (BN) is an uncommon condition characterized by the acute onset of excruciating unilateral shoulder pain followed by flaccid paralysis of the shoulder and parascapular muscles. Treatment is largely symptomatic in patients with BN, and opiate analgesia often is necessary in the initial period. The purpose of this case report is to describe the physiotherapy intervention strategies and report its effectiveness in the management of BN in a 28-year-old pregnant female who presented with the complaints of sharp pain over the left shoulder, arm, and scapula for 15 days. The condition was managed on the basis of clinical presentations with supervised and unsupervised physiotherapy intervention for 4 months, without any medications, as she denied taking any nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug or steroid for the management of pain. The supervised physiotherapy interventions consisted of patient education, postural correction, exercise therapy, electrotherapy, and counseling for approximately 45–60 min a day for 5 days a week. The effectiveness of the physiotherapy intervention was followed for 4 months, and the symptom-specific outcome measures were reapplied. Physiotherapy interventions were found to have promising positive outcomes in the symptom management of the BN with increased patient satisfaction.
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HemalM Patel (2019) conducted a case report in Brachial neuritis (n=1). Physiotherapy was evaluated on Symptom management and patient satisfaction. Physiotherapy interventions over 4 months resulted in positive outcomes for symptom management and increased patient satisfaction in a pregnant woman with brachial neuritis.
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