Contractures in burn injury: Defining the problem

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 508-514

  Schneider, Jeffrey C ^a,c   Holavanahalli, Radha ^b   Helm, Phala ^b   Goldstein, Richard ^a   Kowalske, Karen ^b  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HIP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER;

ADULT; BURNS; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749442648     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000225994.75744.9D     Document Type: Article

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