The assessment of erythema and thickness on burn related scars during pressure garment therapy as a preventive measure for hypertrophic scarring

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 696-702

  Van Den Kerckhove, Eric ^a,b   Stappaerts, Karel ^b   Fieuws, Steffen ^b   Laperre, Jan ^c   Massage, Patrick ^d   Flour, Mieke ^a   Boeckx, Willy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CENTEXBEL   (Belgium)

^d Burn Center of the Military Hospital   (Belgium)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burns; Pressure therapy; Rehabilitation; Scar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST SUIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESSURE; PRESSURE GARMENT THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADULT; BURNS; CICATRIX; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23944467759     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.04.014     Document Type: Article

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