Rehabilitation after surgery repair of flexor tendon injuries of the hand with Kleinert early passive mobilization protocol.

Introduction: Rehabilitation after surgery repair of flexor tendon injuries of the hand remains challenging and requires experienced professionals and interdisciplinary approaches.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate rehabilitation results after surgery repair of flexor tendon injuries in the hand with the early passive mobilization--Kleinert protocol.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective case-series study rehabilitation results of flexor tendon injuries in the hand with the early passive mobilization--Kleinert protocol were evaluated in 35 patients, treated in the Orthopaedic Clinic University Clinical Centre of Kosovo between December 2007 and November 2008.

Factors associated with reintegration to normal living after stroke.

Background And Purpose: Emotional alterations are frequent after stroke. Anxiety is a response due to the fear from disease, although depression is a result of potential disability and restrictive lifestyle. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between reintegration to normal living (community reintegration) of patients after stroke and their functional disabilities.

Rehabilitation of children after elbow injuries.

Objectives: To review the efficiency of early physical therapy to achieve successful rehabilitation after elbow injuries in children.

Setting: Tertiary medical institution, Department of Physical Therapy, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, rr. Spitalit pn.