title: Use of a ramp surface for lower extremity exercise with burn-injured patients.
abstract: The use of a ramp surface in our Burn Center has demonstrated benefits in improving gait, standing postures, and lower extremity muscle length. This technique has been effective with a wide age range of patients and is most useful as part of an overall treatment program including prestretching of lower extremities.
authors: Physical Medicine Department, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Louisiana 70821.
authors: C E
authors: CE
authors: Duncan
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*