Outcomes of Patients with Peripartum Paralysis with Physiatric Management

This prospective experimental study was conducted from 1st july 2008 to 31st december 2009. out of 33 patients 29 patients completed 6 weeks' scheduled programs. all the patients were housewives with the age from 17 to 45 years with the mean of 27.48 ± 7.20years. presenting disability of the patients, pretreatment and post treatment functional independence measures (fim) scores of self-care, sphincter control, transfers and locomotion were recorded and compared. fim scores for the normal population are-selfcare 42, sphincter control 14, transfer 21, locomotion 14 and the combined scores for the above four motor functions 91. the pre and post-treatment fim scores of the patients studied were- self-care 15.45 ± 5.19 vs 35.86 ± 7.67 (95% ±0.370 (95% ci-5.32 to -1.51), transfer 5.52±2.35 vs 5.52 ±2.35 (95% ci-12.30 to -9.70), locomotion 3.24± 1.45 vs 9.65 ±3.33 (95% ci-7.40 to -5.42) and the combined scores 34.86 ± 12.49 vs 75.59 ± 13.95 (95% ci-45.22 to -36.22) with (p= < 0.001) in all the mentioned motor functions that were examined. the study showed that the physiatric management is effective for patients with peripartum paralysis.