Multimodal Rehabilitation Management of a Misunderstood Parsonage-Turner Syndrome : A Case Report during the COVID-19 Pandemic

During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a young adult presented symptoms that were reported at first evaluation to be a frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis). The patient's history, clinical manifestations related to the onset of pain, unilateral weakness, and physical examination led to a physiotherapy referral. Subsequent instrumental investigations showed an idiopathic brachial neuritis known as Parsonage-Turner Syndrome (PTS). Contrary to recent descriptions in the literature, the patient did not experience PTS either after COVID-19 vaccination or after COVID-19 virus infection. The proposed multimodal treatment, considering the patient's characteristics, led to a recovery of muscle strength and function of the upper limb, observed even three years after the acute event. The frequency of rehabilitation treatment, the choice of exercises, the dosage, and the methods of execution require further studies in order to define an evidence-based treatment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology - 9(2024), 1 vom: 23. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Santacaterina, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Bravi, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Maselli, Mirella [VerfasserIn]
Bressi, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Sterzi, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Miccinilli, Sandra [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brachial plexus neuritis
Case Reports
Parsonage–Turner syndrome
Physiotherapy
Referral
Rehabilitation
Shoulder

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Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/jfmk9010037

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370249674