Efficacy of an expanded integrative rehabilitation approach in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome: a case series

Introduction The work aims to present the design of the physical rehabilitation program used in cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome in conditions of the neurorehabilitation department. Methods The work includes a description of three cases with Guillain-Barre syndrome. To assess the effectiveness of t...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hasmik Mkrtchyan, Erik Simonyan, Reyhaneh Kamrany, Narine Martirosyan, Tigran Petrosyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2025-03-01
Series:Physiotherapy Quarterly
Subjects:
Online Access:https://physioquart.awf.wroc.pl/Efficacy-of-an-expanded-integrative-rehabilitation-approach-in-patients-with-Guillain,172989,0,2.html
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850134945834467328
author Hasmik Mkrtchyan
Erik Simonyan
Reyhaneh Kamrany
Narine Martirosyan
Tigran Petrosyan
author_facet Hasmik Mkrtchyan
Erik Simonyan
Reyhaneh Kamrany
Narine Martirosyan
Tigran Petrosyan
author_sort Hasmik Mkrtchyan
collection DOAJ
description Introduction The work aims to present the design of the physical rehabilitation program used in cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome in conditions of the neurorehabilitation department. Methods The work includes a description of three cases with Guillain-Barre syndrome. To assess the effectiveness of the rehabilitation strategy, the sensory assessment was performed according to the INCAT testing system and the muscle assessment – based on a 0–5 scale of manual testing. The patients underwent an assessment for general motor skills and orthostatic hypotension. Pain syndrome was assessed on a 10-point scale. The rehabilitation strategy included different interventional approaches and a large volume of functional and task-oriented exercises designed according to the method for the 4th degree of the Hughes scale targeting different motor skills of the patients. Results Improvement was observed in all tested movements of patients. For a proportion of tested movements, the differences between the initial and final testing scores were significant. All pain and sensory assessment results showed significant improvement. Conclusions The very small sample of patients was not enough to show the impact of the designed intervention on all outcomes, but the designed expanded strategy could be used in a future case-control study with a large group of participants to evidence the efficacy of the expanded cluster of interventions.
format Article
id doaj-art-8e09e73b2360498ba2b0c4ee1f3e10db
institution OA Journals
issn 2544-4395
language English
publishDate 2025-03-01
publisher Termedia Publishing House
record_format Article
series Physiotherapy Quarterly
spelling doaj-art-8e09e73b2360498ba2b0c4ee1f3e10db2025-08-20T02:31:34ZengTermedia Publishing HousePhysiotherapy Quarterly2544-43952025-03-0133111712310.5114/pq/172989172989Efficacy of an expanded integrative rehabilitation approach in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome: a case seriesHasmik Mkrtchyan0Erik Simonyan1Reyhaneh Kamrany2Narine Martirosyan3Tigran Petrosyan4“Sport EMI” Human Performance Research Center, Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport, Yerevan, Armenia“Gratsia” Rehabilitation Center, Yerevan, ArmeniaMedical Institute, Yerevan Haybusak University, Yerevan, ArmeniaMedical Institute, Yerevan Haybusak University, Yerevan, Armenia“Sport EMI” Human Performance Research Center, Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport, Yerevan, ArmeniaIntroduction The work aims to present the design of the physical rehabilitation program used in cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome in conditions of the neurorehabilitation department. Methods The work includes a description of three cases with Guillain-Barre syndrome. To assess the effectiveness of the rehabilitation strategy, the sensory assessment was performed according to the INCAT testing system and the muscle assessment – based on a 0–5 scale of manual testing. The patients underwent an assessment for general motor skills and orthostatic hypotension. Pain syndrome was assessed on a 10-point scale. The rehabilitation strategy included different interventional approaches and a large volume of functional and task-oriented exercises designed according to the method for the 4th degree of the Hughes scale targeting different motor skills of the patients. Results Improvement was observed in all tested movements of patients. For a proportion of tested movements, the differences between the initial and final testing scores were significant. All pain and sensory assessment results showed significant improvement. Conclusions The very small sample of patients was not enough to show the impact of the designed intervention on all outcomes, but the designed expanded strategy could be used in a future case-control study with a large group of participants to evidence the efficacy of the expanded cluster of interventions.https://physioquart.awf.wroc.pl/Efficacy-of-an-expanded-integrative-rehabilitation-approach-in-patients-with-Guillain,172989,0,2.htmlguillain-barre syndromephysical rehabilitationmuscle strengthfunctional rehabilitationadaptation
spellingShingle Hasmik Mkrtchyan
Erik Simonyan
Reyhaneh Kamrany
Narine Martirosyan
Tigran Petrosyan
Efficacy of an expanded integrative rehabilitation approach in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome: a case series
Physiotherapy Quarterly
guillain-barre syndrome
physical rehabilitation
muscle strength
functional rehabilitation
adaptation
title Efficacy of an expanded integrative rehabilitation approach in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome: a case series
title_full Efficacy of an expanded integrative rehabilitation approach in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome: a case series
title_fullStr Efficacy of an expanded integrative rehabilitation approach in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome: a case series
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy of an expanded integrative rehabilitation approach in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome: a case series
title_short Efficacy of an expanded integrative rehabilitation approach in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome: a case series
title_sort efficacy of an expanded integrative rehabilitation approach in patients with guillain barre syndrome a case series
topic guillain-barre syndrome
physical rehabilitation
muscle strength
functional rehabilitation
adaptation
url https://physioquart.awf.wroc.pl/Efficacy-of-an-expanded-integrative-rehabilitation-approach-in-patients-with-Guillain,172989,0,2.html
work_keys_str_mv AT hasmikmkrtchyan efficacyofanexpandedintegrativerehabilitationapproachinpatientswithguillainbarresyndromeacaseseries
AT eriksimonyan efficacyofanexpandedintegrativerehabilitationapproachinpatientswithguillainbarresyndromeacaseseries
AT reyhanehkamrany efficacyofanexpandedintegrativerehabilitationapproachinpatientswithguillainbarresyndromeacaseseries
AT narinemartirosyan efficacyofanexpandedintegrativerehabilitationapproachinpatientswithguillainbarresyndromeacaseseries
AT tigranpetrosyan efficacyofanexpandedintegrativerehabilitationapproachinpatientswithguillainbarresyndromeacaseseries