Methods and tools used for the measurement of burn scar contracture

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 888-903

  Parry, Ingrid ^a   Walker, Kimberly ^a   Niszczak, Jonathan ^a   Palmieri, Tina ^a   Greenhalgh, David ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTROGONIOMETRY; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDITY;

BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78649316680     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181f9354f     Document Type: Article

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