Combat Casualty Hand Burns: Evaluating Impairment and Disability during Recovery

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-159

  Chapman, Ted T ^a   Richard, Reg L ^a   Hedman, Travis L ^a   Renz, Evan M ^a   Wolf, Steve E ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND BURN; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MILITARY SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BURNS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049131109     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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