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A significant proportion of burn injury patients are admitted to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). There is increasing interest in the use of functional variables, such as cognition, in predicting IRF outcomes. Cognitive impairment is an important cause of disability in the burn injury population, yet its relationship to IRF outcomes has not been studied.To assess how cognitive function...
Burn contractures are common and difficult to treat. Measuring continuous joint motion would inform the assessment of contracture interventions; however, it is not standard clinical practice. This study examines use of an interactive gaming system to measure continuous joint motion data.To assess the usability of an exoskeleton-based interactive gaming system in the rehabilitation of upper extremity...
Burn survivors tend to have complex medical issues requiring rehabilitation to improve overall function and quality of life. A subset of burn patients treated in inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) may require more than 1 rehabilitation stay for the same injury.To compare the rehabilitation outcomes among burn patients admitted to an IRF who were discharged to acute care and then readmitted...
To examine the impact of comorbidities and complications on burn inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) outcomes. A retrospective cross-sectional study. Inpatient rehabilitation hospitals. A total of 4572 patients with a primary diagnosis of burn injury from the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation database from 2002 to 2010. Regression analyses were used to determine whether...
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