Case Report
Year: 2023 | Month: January | Volume: 13 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 97-102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20230113
De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis in Postpartum Woman: A Case Report
Alpi Garg1, Shivpriya Sharma2
1BPT Intern, Physiotherapy School of allied health sciences, Sharda University Greater Noida
2Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy School of allied health sciences, Sharda University Greater Noida
Corresponding Author: Shivpriya Sharma
ABSTRACT
Objective And Clinical Feature: A 34 year old female presented with the chief complaint of left side wrist and thumb pain at the base of styloid of radius while lifting baby and twisting movements. Patient reported that her pain started 4 month ago that increases gradually during post partum months. Her NPRS scoring was 7/10 when she reported to physiotherapy OPD which affected her activities of daily living.
Intervention And Outcome: The combination of conservative treatment including Movement with Mobilization, Ultrasound and patient education. Outcome measures including NPRS and DASH. Patient symptoms resolved in 3 weeks and follow up reported no recurrence of wrist pain.
Result: The patient has shown marked improvement in pain. Range of motion and DASH score from 42 to 7 which signifies good condition of patient after intervention.
Key words: Movement with Mobilization, Dequervain Tenosynovitis, Post Partum, Ultrasound.