Select practices in management and rehabilitation of burns: A survey report

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-223

  Holavanahalli, Radha K ^a   Helm, Phala A ^a   Parry, Ingrid S ^b   Dolezal, Cynthia A ^a   Greenhalgh, David G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Occupational and Physical Therapy ^*  (United States)

^c Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURN; BUTTONHOLE MALFORMATION; CANADA; CAST APPLICATION; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTRACTURE; FINGER MALFORMATION; HEAD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG; MASSAGE; MOBILIZATION; NECK; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAR; SPLINTING; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRUNK; UNITED STATES; WOUND CARE;

ACHILLES TENDON; AUSTRALIA; BANDAGES; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CANADA; CICATRIX; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952451282     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31820aadd5     Document Type: Article

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