Acute Effects of Fascial Release Technique in Patients With Rotator Cuff Repair

This 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 hot pack, interferential current and exercise program were applied to the classical physiotherapy group, the fascial release 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.