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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1785216
Review Article

The Historical Evolvement of Movement and Exercise Training in Patients with Severe Burns and Their Potential Effects on Grafts, Scars, and Function

Julia Kleinhapl
1   Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
2   Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
,
Kristine Knappskog
1   Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
3   Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Norwegian National Burn Center, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
,
Celeste C. Finnerty
4   Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
,
Ludwik Branski
4   Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
5   Shriners Children's Texas, Galveston, Texas
,
Oscar E. Suman
1   Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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Abstract

Exercise training for burn patients has become a major part of rehabilitation programs within the last decades. One of the main reasons for prolonged and long-term increased morbidity and mortality in this population is a persistent catabolic state with subsequent loss of lean body mass (LBM). A combination of resistance and aerobic exercises as well as stretching has shown to improve physical function by enhancing cardiopulmonary fitness, LBM, and strength and thus leading to ameliorated long-term outcomes of patients recovering from burns. In this literature review, we show an outline of the implementation of exercise training over the last decades into standardized care for patients with burns.

Keywords

burns - exercise training - scarring - physical function


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Article published online:
04 April 2024

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