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. 2022 Apr;66(1):43-60.

Exercise rehabilitation for neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome: a scoping review

Derick Luu  1   2 , Richard Seto  1 , Kevin Deoraj  1
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Exercise rehabilitation for neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome: a scoping review

Derick Luu et al. J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2022 Apr.

Abstract
in English, French

Exercise rehabilitation has been proposed for the management of Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (NTOS). To date there have been no reviews of the literature regarding exercise rehabilitation for NTOS and their proposed clinical rationale. Understanding various exercise protocols and their clinical rationale may help guide rehabilitation clinicians in their exercise selection when managing NTOS. A scoping review was conducted on exercise rehabilitation for NTOS from inception to March 2021 in the PubMed database. Forty-seven articles consisting of literature reviews, non-randomized control trials, prospective and retrospective cohort studies, case series, case studies and clinical commentaries met the inclusion criteria. This scoping review provides a broad overview of the most common exercise protocols that have been published and examines the purported clinical rationale utilized in the management of NTOS.

La rééducation par l’exercice a été proposée pour la prise en charge du syndrome neurologique du syndrome du défilé thoraco-brachial neurologique (SDTB). À ce jour, il n’y a eu aucune publication concernant la rééducation par l’exercice pour le SDTB et leur justification clinique proposée. Comprendre divers protocoles d’exercices et leur justification clinique peut aider à guider les cliniciens en réadaptation dans leur sélection d’exercices lors de la gestion du SDTB. Un examen de la portée a été effectué sur la rééducation par l’exercice pour le SDTB depuis sa création jusqu’en mars 2021 dans la base de données PubMed. Quarante-sept articles composés de revues littéraires, d’essais contrôlés non randomisés, d’études de cohorte prospectives et rétrospectives, de séries de cas, d’études de cas et de commentaires cliniques répondaient aux critères d’inclusion. Cet examen de la portée fournit un large aperçu des protocoles d’exercice les plus courants qui ont été publiés et examine la prétendue justification clinique utilisée dans la gestion du SDTB.

Keywords: exercise; neurogenic; rehabilitation; scoping review; thoracic outlet syndrome.

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