Outcomes of a shoulder treatment flowchart in patients with axillary burns

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 224-230

  Webb, Darren C ^a   Byrne, Martin ^a   Kolmus, Alison ^a   Law, Henrietta Y ^a   Holland, Anne E ^a,b   Cleland, Heather ^a,c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORTHOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; AXILLA; BURNS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER JOINT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952398236     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31820aaeda     Document Type: Article

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