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ArticleJournal of functional morphology and kinesiology2024

Multimodal Rehabilitation Management of a Misunderstood Parsonage-Turner Syndrome: A Case Report during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Fabio Santacaterina, Marco Bravi, Mirella Maselli, Federica Bressi, Silvia Sterzi, Sandra Miccinilli

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Article in Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fabio SantacaterinaDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6142-3096
Marco BraviDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3396-4100
Mirella MaselliDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Federica BressiDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5462-2743
Silvia SterziDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Sandra MiccinilliDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Università Campus Bio-Medico · ITCampus Bio Medico University Hospital · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a young adult presented symptoms that were reported at first evaluation to be a frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis). The patient's history, clinical manifestations related to the onset of pain, unilateral weakness, and physical examination led to a physiotherapy referral. Subsequent instrumental investigations showed an idiopathic brachial neuritis known as Parsonage-Turner Syndrome (PTS). Contrary to recent descriptions in the literature, the patient did not experience PTS either after COVID-19 vaccination or after COVID-19 virus infection. The proposed multimodal treatment, considering the patient's characteristics, led to a recovery of muscle strength and function of the upper limb, observed even three years after the acute event. The frequency of rehabilitation treatment, the choice of exercises, the dosage, and the methods of execution require further studies in order to define an evidence-based treatment.

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brachial plexus neuritisParsonage–Turner syndromephysiotherapyreferralrehabilitationshoulder

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PMID38535417
PMCPMC10971268
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