Contractures in burn injury part II: Investigating joints of the hand

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 606-613

  Schneider, Jeffrey C ^a   Holavanahalli, Radha ^b   Helm, Phala ^b   O'Neil, Carina ^a   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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND BURN; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; BURN; COMORBIDITY; CONTRACTURE; HAND INJURY; HAND JOINT; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WRIST;

ADULT; BURNS; COMORBIDITY; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 56149117235     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31817db8e1     Document Type: Article

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