Range of Motion Following Flexor Tendon Repair: Comparing Active Flexion and Extension With Passive Flexion Using Rubber Bands Followed by Active Extension.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the outcome in terms of range of motion between early active flexion and extension (early active motion, [EAM]) and passive flexion using rubber bands followed by active extension (sometimes referred to as a Kleinert regimen) after flexor tendon repair in zones 1 and 2.

Methods: Data were collected from the Swedish national health care registry for hand surgery (HAKIR). Rehabilitation regimens were decided by the preference of each caregiver.

Mental and behavioural disorders increase the risk of tendon rupture after flexor tendon repair in zone I and II.

Introduction: The effect of mental and behavioural disorders (MBD) on the risk of tendon ruptures after flexor tendon repair is not well understood. This study aimed to analyse the association between MBD and tendon rupture after flexor tendon repair in zones I and II.

Methods: Data from the Swedish National Registry for Hand Surgery (HAKIR) on patients with a complete flexor tendon repair at our department between 2012 and 2019 were followed for a minimum of 2 years to assess the rate of rupture.

Inflammatory reaction to suture materials after flexor tendon repair. A retrospective study of 594 patients.

We report granuloma formation after using FiberWire for flexor tendon repairs. Four subcutaneous granulomas were identified in 115 patients with FiberWire core sutures, none in 426 with braided polyester. Foreign body reactions were found in the granuloma cases.

Patient-reported outcome measures and their association to the original Strickland classification after flexor tendon repair.

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and the original Strickland classification after flexor tendon injuries in Zones 1 and 2. Data were collected from the Swedish national health care registry for hand surgery (HAKIR). The studied PROMs were the Quick Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH) and the patient questionnaire from the HAKIR (HQ-8).

Risk factors for reoperation after flexor tendon repair: a registry study.

The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for reoperations after Zones 1 and 2 flexor tendon repairs. A multiple logistic regression model was used to identify risk factors from data collected via the Swedish national health care registry for hand surgery (HAKIR). The studied potential risk factors were age and gender, socio-economics and surgical techniques.

Patients' experiences of flexor tendon rehabilitation in relation to adherence: a qualitative study.

Purpose: To explore patients' experiences of early active motion flexor tendon rehabilitation in relation to adherence to restrictions and outcome of rehabilitation.

Method: Seventeen patients with a flexor tendon injury in one or several fingers participated in qualitative interviews performed between 74 and 111 days after surgery. Data were analysed using directed content analysis with the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a theoretical framework.

A smartphone application to facilitate adherence to home-based exercise after flexor tendon repair: A randomised controlled trial.

Objective: Evaluate the effect of a smartphone application on exercise adherence, range of motion and self-efficacy compared to standard rehabilitation after repair of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon.

Design: Prospective multi-centre randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Four hand surgery departments in Sweden.