1Teacher, at Abnoub Secondary Nursing, Assiut, Egypt.
2Assistant Professor of Critical Care & Emergency Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt.
3Professor of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
4Lecturer of Critical Care &Emergency Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University
Abstract
Burn rehabilitation is comprehensive, complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach to optimize the patient's physical and psychosocial recovery related to burn. Aim: the study was made to evaluate the effect of lower limb rehabilitation on burn injured patients' outcomes (joint flexibility and muscle strength) during emergency phase. Design: a quasi-experimental design, study design was used to achieve the objectives of the study. Setting: The present study was conducted in burn unit at Assuit general hospital and Assuit university hospital. Subjects: purposive sample of 60 adults patients (males and females), they were divided into two equal groups (study and control). Tools: Patient assessment tool, joint flexibility assessment and muscle strength assessment. Results: This study was successed in minimizing muscles contracture to (6.67%) of study group versus (30.00%) of control group. Conclusion: Implementing the lower limb rehabilitation during emergency phase significantly improved the burn injured patient's outcomes (joint's flexibility and muscles strength). Recommendation: Rehabilitation exercises should be done as early as possible for patients with burn injury during emergency phase.
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