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They demonstrated a significantly greater resistance to gapping with valgus stress with the UCL repair with internal brace (mean SD, 0.35 0.16 mm) compared to UCL reconstruction (0.53 0.23 mm). %PDF-1.7
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DOI: 10.32474/OSMOAJ.2019.03.000151. Phone: 574.247.9441 Fax: 574.247.9442 www.sbortho.com REHABILITATION PROTOCOL: THUMB UCL/RCL REPAIR SAM FULLER, M.D. Above protocol adapted from Dugas and Wilk: Wilk KE, Arrigo CA, Bagwell MS, Rothermich MA, Dugas JR. Repair of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament of the Elbow: Rehabilitation Following Internal Brace Surgery. 2 WEEKS (1st Visit) Fit with custom hand based thumb spica splint (Please allow thumb IPJ motion) OT INSTRUCTIONS - Ok to work on wrist, CMP, IPJ motion, & scar massage 1-3 Candidates for repair are most commonly young er (pre-professional) and present Brotzman, S. & Novotny, S. (2018). Initiate Throwing: 14-16 weeks (3.22 Months for Comparison) Bullpens: 24 Weeks (5.52 Months) Live BPs: 30-33 Weeks . 3BRKpw.4/Y. POST-OPERATIVE WEEK 2. Thumb UCL Repair with InternalBrace Ligament Augmentation 17,933 views Sep 6, 2018 89 Dislike Share Save Arthrex 64.2K subscribers Show more Comments are turned off. 1 0 obj
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With the UCL repair, the surgeon will repair your native ligament and re-attach it to it's respective insertion site. Thumb UCL Repair With InternalBrace Ligament Augmentation. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. The UCL provides up to 50% of the frontal plane stabilization of the Abbreviations UCL, ulnar collateral ligament; US, elbow against a valgus load.5 During the clinical evaluation, the ultrasound patient's elbow is placed under a valgus load with the elbow in vary- ing amounts of exion. Instruct the patient to begin active range of motion exercises of the thumb without stressing the UCL/RCL repair. %PDF-1.3 endobj
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