EXERCISE IN WATER DURING THE EARLY STAGE OF EXTENSIVE DEEP BURN
- VernacularTitle:大面积深度烧伤的早期水中运动疗法探讨
- Author:
Meiguang HUANG
;
Lianlin ZHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Journal of Sports Medicine
1982;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Observations were made on 27 subjects suffering from burns. Treatment withexercise in water was given to 21 patients with 48--95%, or an average of 68.9%, ofthe body surface burned--37.3% of the affected area to cc 28.6% to deep Ⅱ?, and3% to superficial Ⅱ?. Six patients were in the control group, with 55--81%; or anaverage of 66.9%, of the body surface burned-36.5% of the affected area to Ⅲ?,26.7% to deep Ⅱ?, and 3.1% to superficial Ⅱ?, patients receiving this kind of treat-ment were required to do both active and passive exercises with the whole bodysubmerged in warm water before their wounds were completely healed. Then it wasfollowed by exercises on dry land. The control group did the same amount of exer-cise, but only on dry land. In terms of function recovery, 12 in the group under aquatic exercise treatmentgained "excellent" results and nine "good" results, while three in the controlgroup gained "satisfactory" results and the rest three showed no improvement. The advantages and efficacy of aquatic exercise treatment and precautions inusing this method were also discussed.
