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Study investigated patterns of productivity change among burn survivors after their injury compared to their preinjury income. Occupational and income data through 24 months postinjury were extracted from the multicenter, longitudinal Burn Model System National Database. Annual income was reported in six groups: <$25k, $25k–50k, $50k–99k, $100k–149k, $150k–199k, and $>199k. ...

Study investigated the effect of patient and injury characteristics on employment for working-age, adult survivors of burn injury using the multicenter Burn Model System National Longitudinal Database. A total of 967 adult burn survivors with known employment status prior to injury were included in the analysis. The primary outcome was ...

Study examined the feasibility of a set of Jintronix games and therapy modules in hospitalized adult burn patients. The Jintronix software platform, coupled with the Microsoft Kinect1 for motion capture, contains individualized exercise modules to increase range of motion, endurance and strength. The Jintronix software combines therapy-specific software and interactive ...

Article provides some background information on how Shriners Hospitals for Children came into existence as well as a global summary of its interventions toward greater survival and more complete rehabilitation of burned children. More than 50 years ago, Shriners Hospitals for Children expanded their philanthropy to include care for burned ...

Study examined the impact of geography on physical and psychosocial function after burn injury. Data from the Burn Model Systems National Database (1997–2015) were analyzed. Individuals aged 18 years and older who were alive at discharge were included. Physical and psychosocial functions were assessed at 6, 12, and 24 months ...

Study evaluates the effect of head and neck (H&N) burns on long-term patient-reported outcomes compared to patients who sustained burns to other areas. Data from the Burn Model System National Database collected between 1996 and 2015 were used to investigate differences in outcomes between those with and without H&N burns. ...

Study assessed the effects of gene expression or intracellular signaling in paralyzed muscles of men with long-standing spinal cord injury (SCI). Specifically, it examined the expression of genes (TNFαR, TNFα, IL-6R, IL-6, TWEAK, TWEAK R, atrogin-1, and MuRF1) and abundance of intracellular signaling proteins (TWEAK, TWEAK R, NF-κB, and p-p65/p-50/105) ...

Study analyzed viral testing results, assessed antiviral treatment regimens, and investigated trends in the use of different viral testing methods at one pediatric burn hospital. Burn-related immunosuppression can promote human herpesviridae infections. However, the effect of these infections on morbidity and mortality after pediatric burn injuries is unclear. Pediatric patients ...

Study analyzed the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion on clinical outcomes and patient disposition after burn injury. It was hypothesized that increased insurance coverage results in improved outcomes and higher rates of discharge to inpatient rehabilitation. The study reviewed the University of Washington Regional Burn Center registry ...

Article presents a conceptual argument for why relevance matters, proposes a working definition, and suggests strategies for operationalizing the construct in the context of clinical rehabilitation research. The authors place special emphasis on the importance of promoting relevance to patients, caregivers, and clinicians and provide preliminary frameworks and innovative study ...

Study examined the time course of satellite cell proliferation and fusion capacities following a scald burn injury and to determine the necessity of satellite cell activity in facilitating the regrowth of burn injury-induced muscle atrophy. To determine the necessity of satellite cells during muscle recovery following a burn injury, a ...

This review article comprehensively summarizes the diagnoses, treatment options, and current research on inhalation injuries in burned patients. The three major injury classes are the following: supraglottic, subglottic, and systemic. Treatment options for these three subtypes differ based on the pathophysiologic changes that each one elicits. The main pathophysiologic change ...

Study identified numeric score cut-points that define different levels of social participation ability and described each level for the Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile, a patient-reported outcome measure developed to assess social participation in adult burn survivors. An expert panel identified numeric score cut-points that distinguish different levels of ...

Study developed item pools that will be used to create a computerized adaptive test (CAT) assessing post-burn recovery in school-aged children. Item pool development was guided by the previously developed School-Aged Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (SA-LIBRE5-12) Conceptual Framework. The item pool development process involved a systematic literature review, extraction ...

Study assessed long-term systolic and diastolic function, myocardial fibrosis, and exercise tolerance in adolescent survivors of severe pediatric burn injury. Sixty-five participants (40 post-burn and 25 healthy controls) were enrolled in the study. At study initiation, post-burn participants were an average age of 19 years, were at 12 years post-burn, ...

Expanding upon the Shriners Hospitals for Children/American Burn Association Burn Outcome Questionnaire 0 to 5 (BOQ0–5), this study developed a conceptual framework describing domains important in assessing recovery from burn injury among preschool-aged children (1–5 years). This framework was iteratively refined based on a literature review, focus groups, interviews, and ...

Study developed item pools for a parent-reported, burn-specific patient-reported outcomes measure comprised of questions appropriate for children aged 1 to 5 years with burn injuries. Item development was based on a framework provided by previous work to develop the Preschool Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Conceptual Model. The Preschool ...

Study investigated whether commonly used mortality prognostication scores (i.e., revised Baux and Ryan scores) predict long-term, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after burn injury using data obtained from the Burn Model System database (1994-2019). The revised Baux and Ryan scores use patient age, burn size, and presence of inhalation injury ...