The investigation of acute effects of fascia technique in patients with arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Our study was planned to investigate the acute effects of fascia technique on pain, range of motion, upper extremity functional level, and kinesiophobia in individuals with arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.Thirty volunteers with an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair were included to study. The individuals were randomly divided into two groups. While hotpack, interferential current and exercise program were applied to the classical physiotherapy group, the fascia technique was applied to the treatment group in addition to the classical physiotherapy program for 2 weeks with 2 sessions per week. Individuals were assessed for pain severity by using Visual Analog Scale, range of motion by goniometer, functional level by SPADI, kinesiophobia by Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale before and after treatment and satisfaction level by using Visual Analogue Scale after treatment. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the groups were similar (p> 0.05). After treatment both groups showed improvement in pain, range of motion before treatment and upper extremity functions (p <0.05). Improvements in treatment group were better than classical physiotherapy group (p <0.05). While there was a decrease in the treatment group at the level of individuals' kinesiophobia (p<0.05), there was no difference between groups (p >0.05). Both groups were similar in terms of satisfaction level (p> 0.05).In this study, it was concluded that the fascia technique is acutely effective on the pain, joint range of motion and upper extremity functions in the treatment of individuals with arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and more successful results can be obtained by including it in the rehabilitation program after arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery. Keywords: Pain, Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair, Joint Range of Motion, Fascia Technique