The Relationship of Rehabilitation Therapy Time To The Prevention of Burn Scar Contracture

This project will develop a descriptive database of patient information and patient outcomes. This database will be used to determine the association of time spent in rehabilitation and patient outcomes, to relate patient acuity to burn scar contracture development and to establish minimal time requirement guidelines for various rehabilitation patient outcomes.

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Key information

Conditions

Burns Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Arizona Burn Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

18 year of age or older
Admission for primary diagnosis of cutaneous burn injury
Anticipated length of stay equal to/greater than five days
>2% deep partial thickness burn OR hand burn (which may be less than 2% deep partial thickness burn)

Exclusion criteria

Non-survivable burn as determined by the attending burn surgeon
Electrical burn injury

Treatment and study plan

Routine post burn rehabilitation therapy

Other

No testing outside of routine clinical rehabilitation will be performed

Primary outcomes

Measure patient outcome in terms of time devoted to rehabilitation

Time frame: At discharge

Standard information that is recorded as part of daily routine in the rehabilitation treatment of patients with burn injury will be used as data to analyze patient outcomes

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

American Burn Association

Other

Collaborators

U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

Registry information

Official study title

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

Acronym: ACT

Important dates

Study start: 2010
Primary completion: 2014
Study completion: 2014
First posted: Jul 14, 2010
Registry last updated: Aug 4, 2023

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