Musculoskeletal management of the severely burned child.
Aggressive management of severe burns minimizes contractures and helps to maintain muscle tone, joint function and psychological well-being. The positioning, activity and exercise programs, splinting and bandaging, and skin care of burned children carried out by the burns team at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto is outlined.
D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D011187:Posture; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013165:Splints; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous