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Case Report

Decreasing Adhesions and Avoiding Further Surgery in a Pediatric Patient Involved in a Severe Pedestrian versus Motor Vehicle Accident

by
Amanda D. Rice
,
Leslie B. Wakefield
,
Kimberley Patterson
,
Evette D'Avy Reed
,
Belinda F. Wurn
,
C. Richard King
and
Lawrence J. Wurn
*
Clear Passage Physical Therapy, Gainesville, FL, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Pediatr. Rep. 2014, 6(1), 5126; https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2014.5126
Submission received: 14 October 2013 / Revised: 14 October 2013 / Accepted: 16 January 2014 / Published: 24 February 2014

Abstract

In this case study, we report the use of manual physical therapy in a pediatric patient experiencing complications from a life-threatening motor vehicle accident that necessitated 19 surgeries over the course of 12 months. Post-surgical adhesions decreased the patient’s quality of life. He developed multiple medical conditions including recurrent partial bowel obstructions and an ascending testicle. In an effort to avoid further surgery for bowel obstruction and the ascending testicle, the patient was effectively treated with a manual physical therapy regimen focused on decreasing adhesions. The therapy allowed return to an improved quality of life, significant decrease in subjective reports of pain and dysfunction, and apparent decreases in adhesive processes without further surgery, which are important goals for all patients, but especially for pediatric patients.
Keywords: physical therapy techniques; tissue adhesions; pediatrics; musculoskeletal manipulations physical therapy techniques; tissue adhesions; pediatrics; musculoskeletal manipulations

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Rice, A.D.; Wakefield, L.B.; Patterson, K.; Reed, E.D.; Wurn, B.F.; King, C.R.; Wurn, L.J. Decreasing Adhesions and Avoiding Further Surgery in a Pediatric Patient Involved in a Severe Pedestrian versus Motor Vehicle Accident. Pediatr. Rep. 2014, 6, 5126. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2014.5126

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Rice AD, Wakefield LB, Patterson K, Reed ED, Wurn BF, King CR, Wurn LJ. Decreasing Adhesions and Avoiding Further Surgery in a Pediatric Patient Involved in a Severe Pedestrian versus Motor Vehicle Accident. Pediatric Reports. 2014; 6(1):5126. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2014.5126

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Rice, Amanda D., Leslie B. Wakefield, Kimberley Patterson, Evette D'Avy Reed, Belinda F. Wurn, C. Richard King, and Lawrence J. Wurn. 2014. "Decreasing Adhesions and Avoiding Further Surgery in a Pediatric Patient Involved in a Severe Pedestrian versus Motor Vehicle Accident" Pediatric Reports 6, no. 1: 5126. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2014.5126

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