Rehabilitation of burn injured patients following lightning and electrical trauma

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-42

  Selvaggi, Gennaro ^a   Monstrey, Stan ^a   Van Landuyt, Koen ^a   Hamdi, Moustapha ^a   Blondeel, Phillip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burn; Electrical trauma; Lightning; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENGINEERING; EXERCISE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILIZATION; NEUROLOGY; NURSE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGIST; SCAR FORMATION; SPLINTING; SURGEON; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 17244363806     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2005-20107     Document Type: Article

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