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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 146-149 |
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Post-viral polyarthritis: Case report
Rutuja Arulekar, Sandeep Babasaheb Shinde
Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences “Deemed To Be University (KIMSDTU), Karad, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Sandeep Babasaheb Shinde
Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences “Deemed To Be University (KIMSDTU), Karad, Maharashtra
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/DYPJ.DYPJ_66_21
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Background: Viral infection is the infection caused by a virus in the human body. The immune response to a virus infection is attacking the body’s own cells. This causes stress and inflammation of tissues in the body and damage to the cells. Polyarthritis is one of the most common complications caused by viral infection. Post viral polyarthritis mainly affects the large joint such as the knee, but can affect several joints such as ankle, wrist. The full recovery time is still not sure, some studies have shown that it usually takes six weeks or it can even last for months or years. Case Description: A 15-year-old male complains of fever with dry cough for 2 days followed by Multiple joint pain and soft tissue pain since 2 months. Swelling was also noticed in both wrist and knee for a week. For assessment outcome measures like VAS, MMT, ROM were taken prior to the treatment. Patient underwent a 4 weeks physiotherapy rehab program and showed marked improvement in the pain, range of motion, muscle strength and functional activities. Result: When the post-assessment was done, patient showed significant improvement in the pain relief, showed improvement in range of motion of the joints, increase in the muscle strength and noticeable improvement in functional capacity. Conclusion: This concluded that starting physiotherapy management in the sub-acute stage of the condition is effective in reducing pain increasing mobility and increasing the strength and endurance. |
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