Positioning, Splinting, and Contracture Management

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-247

  Dewey, William S ^a   Richard, Reg L ^a   Parry, Ingrid S ^b  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Burn; Contracture; Positioning; Scar; Splinting

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BURN CONTRACTURE; CAST APPLICATION; CHILD CARE; HAND BURN; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPLINT; SPLINTING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BURNS; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; PATIENT POSITIONING; SPLINTS;

EID: 79957461020     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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