Physical and quality of life outcomes of patients with isolated hand burns - A prospective audit

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-198

  Williams, Nicola ^a   Stiller, Kathy ^b   Greenwood, John ^a   Calvert, Philip ^b   Masters, Margot ^a   Kavanagh, Sheila ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Burns SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOBRANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND BURN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAR; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859210682     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318242eeef     Document Type: Article

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