Biobehavioural Physiotherapy through Telerehabilitation during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in a Patient with Post-polio Syndrome and Low Back Pain: A Case Report |
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Authors: | Alberto GARCÍA-SALGADO Mnica GRANDE-ALONSO |
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Institution: | 1.Instituto de Rehabilitación Funcional La Salle, Spain; 2.Physical Therapy Department, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | Post-polio syndrome refers to the physical and psychological sequelae caused by poliovirus infection. For this reason, according to which the emotional and sensorimotor sphere is affected, we consider a biobehavioural approach based on education and therapeutic exercise to be necessary. The aim of this case report is to evaluate the effect of a biobehavioural approach in a patient with post-polio syndrome and low back pain. We describe a 57-year-old man with post-polio syndrome and low back pain following a fall at the end of February 2020. The pain, disability and lack of functionality caused by both processes led him to contact a physiotherapy service. A therapeutic planning was carried out for 3 months, where a biobehavioural approach based on therapeutic exercise and education, with an assessment and three face-to-face sessions which were complemented by online follow-up and finalised due to the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic in a telerehabilitation approach. It was organised in two phases; the initial phase lasted 2 weeks with the aim of reducing the symptoms of the lumbar region, and the advanced phase in which the aim was to improve his physical condition. During the three-month intervention, four assessments were conducted (Pre, at 4 weeks, at 8 weeks and at 12 weeks). At follow-up, improvements in functional and psychological variables were obtained. This case suggests that a biobehavioural approach through telerehabilitation was a useful option in this reported case and could be an option of treatment to improve psychological, physical and functional variables in this patient. |
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Keywords: | Post-polio syndrome Biobehavioural physiotherapy Therapeutic alliance Therapeutic exercise Biobehavioural strategies |
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