Post Burn Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Response to High Intensity Laser Therapy Versus Shock Wave Therapy

Brief Summary

Significant morbidity in burn patients occurs frequently because of Post burn nerve entrapment syndromes. Nerve entrapment arises due to direct compression because of edema; they may also present due to scar tissue formation. Burns of the forearm and elbow are associated with swelling, redness and pain. In second to third-degree burns, the eschar forms a tight band constricting the circulation distally and forms edema that leads to compression neuropathy of ulnar nerve. Also the hyper metabolic response of the burned patients, has been suggested as a cause of the peripheral neuropathies, as the basal metabolic rate (B.M.R) of the burned patients increase more than 2 to 2.5 times normal.