title: The use of the edema bar for the treatment of burn patients.
abstract: The edema bar is a new device that therapists can add to their repertoire of treatment approaches for burn patients. This article looks at the challenges therapists encounter while working with burn patients and describes the edema bar's design, its application to the burn rehabilitation process, and the multidisciplinary approach to its use.
authors.affiliation: Lutheran Hospital, LaCrosse, Wisconsin 54601, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rock
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costigan
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011379:Prognosis; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular