Partial-thickness burn to the leg following application of a cold pack: Case report and results of a questionnaire survey of Scottish physiotherapists in private practice

Physiotherapy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-65

  Cuthill, Jennifer A ^a   Cuthill, Gillian S ^b  

^a VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b HM Naval Base Clyde   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE BURNING; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LEG EDEMA; MALPRACTICE; MUSCLE INJURY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33748060876     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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