Burn Patient Acuity Demographics, Scar Contractures, and Rehabilitation Treatment Time Related to Patient Outcomes (ACT)

Abstract

The ACT study began in September 2008 and successfully concluded in September 2016. The ACT had two aims 1) convene a meeting of experienced burn rehabilitation clinicians to discuss, debate and report on topics germane to the rehabilitation of patients with burn injury; and 2) to develop and conduct a prospective, multi-center study on the physical outcome of burn survivors in terms of the development of burn scar contracture related to the amount of burn rehabilitation treatment time received during their acute hospitalization. Relative to the latter, a total of 4,621 patients were screened at 14 participating burn centers resulting in 307 complete data sets for analyses. Both Aims were achieved successfully and several noteworthy accomplishments are expounded upon in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1010120

Entities

People

  • Reginald L. Richard

Organizations

  • American Burn Association

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arthritis
  • Biomedical Research
  • Body Regions
  • Burns
  • Composite Materials
  • Demography
  • Frequency
  • Health Services
  • Intervention
  • Joint Diseases
  • Neuropathy
  • Paralysis
  • Rehabilitation
  • Shoulder
  • Therapy

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