Use of a ramp surface for lower extremity exercise with burn-injured patients.
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.
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Physical Medicine Department, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Louisiana 70821.
D002056:Burns / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*