VOLKMANN’S ISCHEMIC CONTRACTURE – A CASE REPORT

This case report describes about a case of a 13 year old male child with Volkmann's Ischemic Contracture of Left Forearm following a fall on the granite stone. This case demonstrates the results and follow up of conservative Physiotherapy management with appropriate bracing revised on time to time basis as a part of Multidisciplinary approach. During the continuous follow-up of 8months under Physiotherapy, the subject has shown functional recovery in terms of range of motion, flexibility and extensibility of shortened tissues, scar tissue reduction, grip strength, prehension and precision activities on hand. Mode of management may be conservative or surgical, Physiotherapists can provide suitable interventions in this kind of cases as part of multidisciplinary teams. The physiotherapist will have their role to work in analogy with the goal of physician and surgeon with acceptable scientific evidence so that the surgeon will have more chances to delay or stop the subject from exposing to surgeries like tendon transfers, Neurotisations, lengthening and fasciotomies if the subject is improving in the functional domain with Physiotherapy management