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Outcomes Of Resistance Exercise Training In Adults With Acute Burn Injury, Paul M. Gittings
Outcomes Of Resistance Exercise Training In Adults With Acute Burn Injury, Paul M. Gittings
Theses
Decreased quality-of-life and impairments in physical function, muscle strength and muscle volume are known complications of a burn injury. As such, rehabilitation is an important aspect of the burn care journey. Rehabilitation of burn injury is currently hampered by a lack of tools to reliably measure muscle strength and lower limb function, as well as an incomplete understanding of the effect of resistance training after a burn injury. Specifically, there is currently no data on the safety or efficacy of resistance training immediately after a burn injury.
The series of studies presented in this thesis aimed to: 1) systematically review …