Research on the rehabilitation nursing on muscle spasm of patients in persistent vegetative state / 中国医学装备

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the effect of rehabilitation nursing on muscle spasm of patients in persistent vegetative state (PVS). Methods:To adopt the rehabilitation nursing methods on 98 PVS patients, including the arrangement of comfortable body position, passive motion, massage, etc.and then to evaluate the patients’ spasm situation with the universally emendatory MAS (motor assessment scale) methods. Results:Under the rehabilitation nursing and correlative curing, the patients’ limbs muscular tension had been improved evidently(x2=17.04, x2=14.04, P<0.01). Conclusion:Good limb position and physical movement rehabilitation nursing training do not need special equipments or techniques. If only the nursing personnel could master the training methods and skills, they could help the PVS patients to control and to decrease the muscle spasm and then to help them ease the pain.