Impact of Early Rehabilitation In Upper Extremity Of Burn Patients
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Background and Objectives: 'Burn Rehabilitation' joins the physical, mental and social parts of care and it is regular for burn patients to encounter challenges in one or these zones following a burn injury. The points of burn restoration are to limit the antagonistic impacts brought about by the injury as far as keeping up scope of development, limiting contracture improvement and effect of scarring, boosting useful capacity, amplifying mental prosperity, expanding social incorporation. To evaluate the impact of Early Rehabilitation In Upper Extremity Of Burn Patients.
METHODOLOGY: Randomly selected 102 patients in Burn ward who had received physiotherapy treatment for 4 to 6 weeks. After getting regular physiotherapy treatment, we used DASH questionnaires to check the functional abilities of upper limb of burn patients.
RESULTS: 55% of the patient feel mild difficulty in doing daily life activities after getting 4 to 6 weeks of physiotherapy treatment. MMT of upper limb shows more than 60 % slightly limited ROMs. Due to proper positioning and physiotherapy exercises only 2% of patients having contracture in upper limb. Chest physiotherapies minimize the risk of obstruction of airways and maintain the saturation level of oxygen.
CONCLUSION: Early outpatient exercise training implemented at hospital discharge represents an effective intervention to improve muscle mass and function after severe burn injury.
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