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Table 1 Active (A) and passive (P) ranges of movement of the wrist and fingers joints at baseline, at nine weeks and at nine months (end of the treatment)

From: Combined treatment with paraffin, manual therapy, pegboard and splinting in a patient with post-traumatic stiff hand

 

Baseline

At nine weeks

At nine months

Wrist extension/flexion

A −5/15

A 20/50

A 45/70

P −5/20

P 30/50

P 50/70

Wirst pronation/supination

A 80/0

A 90/55

A 90/80

P 80/0

P 90/60

P 90/80

Wrist radial/ulnar deviation

A 5/5

A 25/30

A 25/30

P 5/5

P 30/35

P 30/35

Extension/flexion of trapeziummetacarpal joint of the thumb

A 10/15

A 30/25

A 30/25

P 10/20

P 30/25

P 30/25

Extension/Flexion of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb

A −5/30

A −5/45

A 0/45

P −5/40

P −5 /45

P 0/45

Extension/flexion interphalangeal joint of the thumb

A 0/50

A 0/75

A 0/90

P 0/60

P 0/75

P 0/90

Average extension/flexion of the metacarpophalangeal joints of II, III, IV and V fingers

A −5/22.5

A 0/44

A 0/75

P −5/32.5

P 0/52.3

P 0/75

Average extension/flexion of the proximal interphalangeal joints of II, III, IV and V fingers

A −32.5/72.5

A −22.5/95

A −15/100

P −35/73

P −25/90

P −10/100

Average extension/flexion distal of the interphalangeal joints of II, III, IV and V fingers

A −4/34

A 0/72.5

A 0/90

P 0/52.5

P 0/72.5

P 0/90

Average distance from finger tips to palmar crease in II- V fingers

8 cm

4 cm

0 cm

Kapandji

Finger tip of IV finger

Distal palmar crease of V finger base

End palmar crease of V finger

  1. Kapandji (thumb mobility index)