Clinical Outcomes After Aggressive Active Early Motion and Modified Kleinert Regimens: Comparison of 2 Consecutive Cohorts.

Background: Modern multistrand repairs can withstand forces present in active flexion exercises, and this may improve the outcomes of flexor tendon repairs. We developed a simple home-based exercise regimen with free wrist and intrinsic minus splint aimed at facilitating the gliding of the flexor tendons and compared the outcomes with the modified Kleinert regimen used previously in the same institution.

Methods: We searched the hospital database to identify flexor tendon repair performed before and after the new regimen was implemented and invited all patients to participate.

Correlations Among Objectively Measured Impairment, Outcome Classification Systems, and Subjectively Perceived Disability After Flexor Tendon Repair.

Purpose: Any loss of range of motion of the finger after flexor tendon repair is an impairment of function, but to what extent it causes disability is not properly understood. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between perceived function (disability) and objectively measured loss of function (impairment), to understand what impairments are meaningful to patients.

Methods: We assessed 49 patients who underwent flexor tendon repair an average of 38 months after repair.