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 …

Continuous body growth and rigidity of scars in children are significant contributors to burn
scar contractures (BSCs). BSCs decrease a patient's range of motion and their ability to …

A severe burn inflicts easily recognized skin wounds upon its victim, yet other “lesions” such
as pain, somatic sequela, delirium, depression, and various psychological crises often …

We tested the hypothesis that the administration of recombinant human growth hormone
(rHGH) and exercise would increase lean body mass (LBM) and muscle strength in burned …

The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and effects of exercise programming
(Study group, n= 11) vs traditional outpatient therapy (Home group, n= 10) in burned …

Purpose To assess the effects of mobility training on severe burn patients in the Burn
Intensive Care Unit (BICU). Methods This was a retrospective cohort study. Severe burn …

The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the effects of soft tissue mobilization (STM)
on range of motion (ROM), scar pliability, and vascularity. Patients received either one …

Burn injury to the face can lead to scarring and contractures that may impair oral
competence for articulation, feeding, airway intubation access, oral/dental hygiene …

Although patients who have been critically burned obviously suffer significant levels of pain,
they also appear to engage in adaptive behaviors with greater frequency than previously …

The use of custom-fitted elastic pressure garments to control postgraft hypertrophic scarring
can be delayed by incomplete autograft closure of sites, infection, the wait for garment …