Highlights
- •TFCC rehabilitation following foveal repair surgery was inconsistently reported.
- •TFCC rehabilitation protocols varied between the included studies.
- •Adverse events were rarely reported to have occurred.
- •No study provided any supporting literature to justify rehabilitation recommendations.
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Quiz: # 913
- # 1.The timing of the initiation of ROM exercises
- a.was not discussed
- b.was systematically the same for wrist flex-extend exercises as supination-pronation exercises
- c.had a very predictable relationship to the development of adverse events
- d.did not appear to have much bearing on the frequency of adverse events
- a.
- # 2.The authors
- a.searched patient charts for evidence
- b.surveyed CHTs for expert opinions
- c.searched the literature for evidence
- d.interviewed surgeons for expert opinions
- a.
- # 3.Post surgery ROM exercises were
- a.not initiated at a consistent time from study to study
- b.initiated at approximately the same time from study to study
- c.delayed until 2 months post-op
- d.initiated at approximately 2 days post-op
- a.
- # 4.The investigators
- a.were able to identify a significant correlation between the timing of the initiation of exercises and outcomes
- b.could discern no meaningful relationship between the timing of the initiation of exercises and outcomes
- c.placed more emphasis on the effect of wrist flex-extend exercises than on supination-pronation exercises
- d.place more emphasis on supination-pronation exercises than on wrist flex-extend exercises
- a.
- # 5.Post-op protocols were not well reported
- a.false
- b.true
- a.
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Financial disclosure statement: None of the authors have a financial interest in the completion of this scoping review.
Competing or conflict of interest statement: This scoping review was conducted by the corresponding author as part of a higher degree by research under supervision from the listed co-authors. None of the authors have any additional conflict of interests to declare.