Burn Publications

Article introduces the Rehabilomics framework, a translational model that provides an “-omics” overlay to the scientific study of rehabilitation processes and multidimensional outcomes. Despite many people having similar clinical presentation, demographic factors, and clinical care, outcome can differ for those sustaining significant injury such as spinal cord injury (SCI) and ...

Article reviews the evidence for the utility of rehabilitative exercise training (RET) in restoring physiological function in burn survivors. Severe burn trauma results in persistent skeletal muscle catabolism and prolonged immobilization. The authors hypothesize that structured RET is a safe and effective strategy to restore lean body mass and ...

Study assessed the psychometric properties of the full-version Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ-15) in the adult burn population. Data were obtained from a multicenter longitudinal data set of 492 burn survivors. The questionnaire items were evaluated for clinical and substantive relevance; validation procedures were conducted on different samples of the ...

Study analyzed the variation in rehabilitation utilization by state of hospitalization for patients hospitalized with burn injury. This retrospective cohort study used nationally collected data over a 10-year period (2001 to 2010), from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases. A total of 57,968 patients hospitalized for ...

Study examined long-term psychological distress and quality of life (QOL) in young adult survivors of pediatric burns using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Scale II (WHODAS) and the Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B). The WHODAS measures health and disability and the BSHS-B measures psychosocial and physical difficulties. Fifty ...

Study investigated whether the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS) can be used to define hypertrophic scarring (HTS) in an objective, reliable manner. An online survey sent to 1,000 burn care providers asked respondents what VSS score indicates HTS and asked them to score scar photos using the VSS. Receiver operating ...

This 5-year prospective multicenter study included 152 adults with burn injuries, ages 19 to 30 years, who completed the Young Adult Burn Outcome Questionnaire (YABOQ) up to 36 months after injury. The YABOQ measures 15 patient-reported outcomes including physical, psychological, and social statuses and symptoms such as itch and ...

Study compared the emotional and cognitive difficulties experienced during the initial acute hospitalization and the last follow-up visit between children with electrical injuries (EI) and children without electrical injuries (non-EI). It was hypothesized that children with electrical burns would have different psychological outcomes. Medical records of 67 patients with ...

Study investigated whether expression of interleukin 8 (IL-8), a major mediator for inflammatory responses, can be used to predict post-burn sepsis, infections, and mortality. Plasma cytokines, acute-phase proteins, constitutive proteins, and hormones were analyzed during the first 60 days after injury from 468 pediatric burn patients. Demographics and clinical ...

Study identified and analyzed clinical factors that predict heterotopic ossification (HO), the ectopic formation of lamellar bone, in adults with burn injuries. Data were collected from six high-volume burn centers in the Burn Injury Model Systems (BMS) database. The BMS, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living ...

Study examined the skeletal muscle protein synthesis (MPS) rate of burned children over a period of 24 months after injury and identified predictors that influence this response. Eighty-seven children with 40 percent or greater total body surface area (TBSA) burned participated in stable isotope infusion studies at 1, 2, ...

Study assessed how lower-body burn locations affected strength and cardiopulmonary function. Children who participated in an exercise study between 2003 and 2013, were 7-18 years of age, and burned ≥30 percent of their total body surface area were included. Analysis of variance was used to model the relationship of ...

Study evaluated the feasibility and safety of utilizing a commercially available virtual reality gaming system as a treatment intervention for balance training in patients undergoing inpatient rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury (TBI). Twenty patients were randomly assigned to one of two treatment conditions: (1) balance-based physical therapy using a Nintendo ...