Effectiveness of rehabilitative physiotherapeutic intervention in case of acute onset quadriparesis following transverse myelitis - A case report

Transverse myelitis is considered as a rare inflammatory disorder of spinal cord, resulting in damage and destroy myeline covering of spinal cord and eventually leads to motor and sensory deficit producing impaired and altered sensations, paresis in limbs, also bowel and bladder malfunctioning. A 24 year old male came with the complaints of weakness in all four limbs from 7 days. He was admitted to hospital and it was found that he was having vit B12 deficiency whereas, MRI spine reviled Acute Transverse myelitis. Due to weakness, he was advised physiotherapy treatment. A well framed physiotherapy protocol has been used for significant improvement and functional recovery. By making use of various outcome measure such as Berg Balance Scale, Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living, Hamilton Rating Scale of Depression, MMT and Fatigue Assessment Scale, pre-rehabilitation and post rehabilitation recovery in patient has been compared which has shown relatively significant improvement.