Community Integration Outcome After Burn Injury
It is important to focus on community integration, including return to work and school, early during treatment after burn injuries. A careful analysis of the potential barriers to return to…
Exercise Following Burn Injury
Fatigue is a major barrier to recovery for burned individuals. Studies indicate that a slow return to normal or near-normal muscle strength is the natural course of recovery. With no…
Psychosocial Recovery, Pain, and Itch After Burn Injuries
Burn patients face complex rehabilitation issues including physical, emotional, social, and vocational challenges. Problems with anxiety, depression, sleep, pruritis, and body image can affect the burn patient’s ability to return…
Burn Reconstruction
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 reconstruction. There are…
Prosthetic Management of the Burn Amputation
Amputations as a result of thermal or electrical burns present a unique challenge that requires a coordinated effort by the rehabilitation team. Complications of surface and deep tissue injury require…
Hypertrophic Scar
Hypertrophic scars are common complications of burn injury and other soft tissue injuries. Excessive extracellular matrix combined with inadequate remodeling of scar tissue results in an aesthetically and functionally unsatisfactory,…
Hand Burns
Burn rehabilitation cannot be reviewed without a significant focus on the hand. Although the surface area of the hand is only 3%, the functional consequences cause extreme impairment. A comprehensive…
Neurologic and Musculoskeletal Complications of Burn Injuries
As more people survive burn injuries, there is an increasing focus on managing the complications of burn injuries with the ultimate goal of improving survivors’ quality of life. Musculoskeletal and…
Positioning, Splinting, and Contracture Management
Whether a patient with burn injury is an adult or child, contracture management should be the primary focus of burn rehabilitation throughout the continuum of care. Positioning and splinting are…
Burn Wound Care
The goals of burn wound care are removal of nonviable tissue, prevention of infection, and facilitation of wound healing, while controlling pain and maximizing outcome. This article reviews the basic…
