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Physical rehabilitation is a fundamental component of comprehensive burn care and essential for optimal recovery of a patient who has sustained a burn injury. The primary goal of physical and occupational therapy after a burn is to restore physical function. This begins on the day of admission to the hospital and continues throughout scar maturation. Burn rehabilitation is accomplished with early and continuous efforts to minimize scar contracture and hypertrophy, which occur as a result of burn injury. Therapeutic interventions include positioning, splinting/casting, range of motion, functional exercises, ambulation, strength and conditioning exercises, and scar management.

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