Rehabilitation of the burned hand.
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Successful outcomes following hand burn injury require an understanding of the rehabilitation needs of the patient. Rehabilitation of hand burns begins on admission, and each patient requires a specific plan for range of motion and/or immobilization, functional activities, and modalities. The rehabilitation care plan typically evolves during the acute care period and during the months following injury.
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Rehabilitation of the burned hand.
Hands are the most frequent sites of burn injury, complications after thermal hand injury include and proper management is essential to assure that optimal functional recovery is achieved. Although each hand represents less than 3% of the total body surface area, burns to the hand are considered serious injuries and should be referred to a burn center. The thin, highly mobile dorsal skin, the s...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Hand clinics
دوره 25 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009