Burn patients often suffer from different degrees of dysfunction, such as residual burn wounds, formation of hyperplastic scar, scar itching, cardiopulmonary dysfunction, limitation of motion, and psychological disorders, which exert severe impact on their daily life. This article reviews various rehabilitation treatments for dysfunction after burn injury to promote rehabilitation of burn patients.
Burns ; physiopathology ; rehabilitation ; China ; Humans ; Rehabilitation ; methods

With the rapid development of modern science and technology, various kinds of new therapy and technology have widely been used in rehabilitation medicine. This review summarizes those new therapies and principles in rehabilitation and their application during treatment of burn injury, in order to provide more ways and methods to improve the rehabilitation of mentation, motor function, and the quality of life of burn patients.
Burns ; rehabilitation ; therapy ; Humans ; Rehabilitation ; methods

Burn patients often have severe disfigurement, dysfunction, and psychological disorder after discharge, which may last for a long time, even for a whole life. These problems may prevent patients from returning to normal life and re-entering society. Because of demographic and socioeconomic reasons, the number of burn patients in China is huge. The rising cure rate further increases the number of patients that need rehabilitation treatment. However, the level of burn rehabilitation in China is relatively low as compared with that in the developed countries. Along with the social and economical development, it is no longer satisfied to just save the life of patient. Improving the quality of wound healing, avoiding or decreasing disfigurement, dysfunction, and psychological disorder, and finally helping patients re-enter society is the ultimate goal of burn treatment. Modern concept of rehabilitation is to restore health or normal life for patients by medical, psychosocial, educational and occupational methods. Although increasing attention has been paid to burn rehabilitation in China recently, so far it is mainly focused on the fields of improving patients' appearance and body function, whereas the importance of psychosocial, educational, occupational, and social rehabilitation has still not been realized. Some fields of burn rehabilitation have not been well established and many are not carried out by professionals. The model of multidisciplinary team in burn centers of developed countries including surgeons and nurses, as well as allied professionals such as psychologists, physical and occupational therapists, dietitians, anesthesiologists and social workers has seldom been introduced into China. In most burn centers in China, psychological support is mainly given by nurses in their spare time of nursing. Burn treatment used to be divided into the early stage of life saving and wound repair, and the late stage of rehabilitation. It has not been realized until recent years that rehabilitation measurements should be carried out through the whole process of burn treatment. Organizations of burn survivors and summer camps for burnt children proved to be helpful for the patients' self-confidence and community integration have hardly been established in China. Lack of funding is one of the main reasons for the lagging behind in burn rehabilitation in China. According the experiences of other countries, raising money from donation through burn foundation may be a useful way to support burn rehabilitation. Solving the above problems and improving the burn rehabilitation will be a new challenge to burn surgery in China.
Burns ; rehabilitation ; surgery ; China ; Humans

After over 50 years' development, the modern burn care system of China has made remarkable progress, however, we still lack ample attention to functional rehabilitation and quality of life of burn patients recovering from burn injury. The burn rehabilitation in China is still in juvenile stage, but it is really encouraging that more and more burn care facilities are paying attention to it. To further promote the development of burn rehabilitation in China, more emphasis must be stressed on the formation of multidisciplinary team in our burn care system, the concept of early and integral rehabilitation should be promoted, and therapeutic regimens and research work on function and aesthetics related body parts like hand and face should be emphasized. Moreover, we should also carry out rehabilitation on pediatric burn patients and promulgate the idea of burn rehabilitation in the society at large with the purpose of seeking supports for burn rehabilitation from all sectors of the society.
Burns ; rehabilitation ; therapy ; China ; Humans

After 50 years' development, a rather comprehensive burn care system has been built up in China, and it has played key roles in wound healing and salvaging victims of burn trauma. Since survival is no longer the main priority of treatment, more efforts should be made to cut down the incidence of disabilities and to improve the quality of life of the survivors. The further progress on burn rehabilitation therapies, including functional improvement, psychological rehabilitation, aesthetic recovery, and occupational and social recuperation, would bring new perspectives to our burn care system.
Burns ; rehabilitation ; Humans ; Quality of Life

Rehabilitation medicine is an emerging discipline. At present, there are many problems in rehabilitation of pediatric burn patients in China, including idea lag, weak technical force, lack of standardized technology, disunity in evaluation indexes, etc. The new era of reformation of health system and development and flourish of medical insurance business bring good opportunity for the development of rehabilitation medicine.
Burns ; rehabilitation ; Child ; China ; Humans

Along with the advance in national economy, modern concept of burn rehabilitation from major burn injury implies that measures should be taken to help the patients return to society with dignity. This article briefly reviews the development and achievement of burn rehabilitation in our country, as well as the current difficulties in carrying out rehabilitation measures such as outmoded ideology, lack of trained personnel, low rat of popularization, outdated techniques and methodology, and relatively low level in scientific research, etc. The future development of burn rehabilitation in our country needs more social support, popular attention, and multidisciplinary joint efforts to help burn patients return to society with dignity. In order to fulfill this goal, we still have a long way to go.
Animals ; Burns ; rehabilitation ; China ; Humans ; Rats

Patients with burns are predisposed to heterotopic ossification and contracture formation. While radiographs and bone scans are used to detect heterotopic ossification, musculoskeletal ultrasound can be used to diagnose and localize the lesion in patients with contractures. A 14-year-old girl with multiple contractures of the limbs from thermal burn injury sustained three years ago underwent in-patient rehabilitation in a sub-acute burn rehabilitation unit. Despite close monitoring and daily therapy sessions, the patient had minimal improvement in the range of motion of bilateral hips. Musculoskeletal ultrasound demonstrated hyperechogenic focus on the posterolateral aspect of the bilateral hips. This report documents the advantage of diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound in localizing and guiding the treatment of heterotopic ossification in a burn patient with contractures.
Diagnostic Imaging ; Ossification, Heterotopic ; Burns ; Rehabilitation ; Pediatrics

Joints involved in deep burn often result in joint contracture, limb dysfunction, psychological disorder, or even loss of living and working abilities. The management of post-burn joint contracture will directly orientate the functional recovery of the patients. Comprehensive intervention may prevent the contracture process of the affected joints. Orthoses application is an important measure and should be maintained throughout the whole process of burn care, from positioning the joints at the early stage to maintaining the range of joint motion at the late stage. Orthoses should be used on the premise of protecting the joint functions. In order to maintain the tissue tension while enhancing the joint mobility and muscle strength, the static orthoses and the dynamic orthoses are often alternately used. It is showed in clinical practice that orthoses are designed and applied on the basis that biomechanics will lead to a better outcome.
Burns ; complications ; rehabilitation ; Cicatrix ; etiology ; rehabilitation ; Contracture ; etiology ; rehabilitation ; Humans ; Orthopedic Procedures ; instrumentation ; Orthotic Devices

Severe burns evoke a substantial metabolic response causing physiological derangement leading to a hyper-metabolic state. The hyper-metabolic response is accompanied by severe catabolism and a loss of lean body mass and also by a progressive decline of host defenses that impairs the immunological response. The protective functions of an intact skin are lost, leading to increased risk of infection and protein loss. Therefore, nutritional therapy is a cornerstone of burn care from the early resuscitation phase to the end of rehabilitation. Careful assessment of the nutritional state of the burn patient is also important to reduce infection and recovery time, and improve long-term outcomes. Evidence-based research has shown that nutritional therapy contributes to improved clinical outcomes.
Burns* ; Humans ; Metabolism ; Nutrition Therapy* ; Rehabilitation ; Resuscitation ; Skin