Rehabilitation After a Burn Injury

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 675-686

  Serghiou, Michael ^a   Cowan, April ^a   Whitehead, Christopher ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; Casting; Occupational therapy; Physical therapy; Positioning; Rehabilitation; Scar management; Splinting; Therapeutic exercise

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; BURN; CAST APPLICATION; COMPRESSION GARMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND BURN; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MASSAGE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSTHESIS; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SHOULDER INJURY; SPLINTING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BURNS; CASTS, SURGICAL; CICATRIX; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MASSAGE; POSTURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CARE; SPLINTS;

EID: 70349312633     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2009.05.008     Document Type: Review

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