Physiatrists play a critical role in managing the medical and functional consequences of
serious burn injuries. Goals of rehabilitation include wound healing, scar prevention …

Burn rehabilitation is a complex and difficult process for the burn survivor, his or her family,
and the entire treatment team. This article describes the best approaches in burn care …

Esselman PC. Burn rehabilitation: an overview. Burn injuries result in significant physical
and psychologic complications that require comprehensive rehabilitation treatment and …

Burn Rehabilitation with the size of the burn, with the presence of inhalation injury, and in
the elderly. In the 1980s, a burn that involved 60% to 70% Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) …

Physical and occupational therapists become involved with burn patients as soon as they
are admitted to the burn unit and provide therapeutic interventions along the rehabilitation …

The ultimate rehabilitation goal in the care of acute burn patients is to provide them with the
training necessary to resume as much of their preburn lifestyle as possible. Prevention and …

The evolving shift in focus of burn care and research toward optimizing the long-term
outcomes of persons with burn injuries has certainly increased the emphasis on burn …

Burn rehabilitation is an essential component of successful patient care. In May 2008, a
group of burn rehabilitation clinicians met to discuss the status and future needs of burn …

The rehabilitation of an individual with burns presents a formidable challenge to physical
therapists. Early physical therapy intervention and prevention of joint deformity is the key to …

Rehabilitation of a patient with a burn injury requires multidisciplinary collaboration,
especially between the burn therapist and the burn rehabilitation nurse. Each discipline …