Effect of Silicone Gel Versus Contractubex Phonophoresis for Post-burn Hypertrophic Scars

Launched by CAIRO UNIVERSITY · Dec 14, 2018

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Participants A convenient sample of forty-five patients, 25 male and 20 female, were recruited from the Outpatient Clinic Kasr El-Ani hospital to be treated in the Outpatient Clinic, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University. They were enrolled and assessed for their eligibility to participate in the study. To be included in the study, patients had hypertrophic scars after 2 to 4 months post thermal burn (direct flame or scald) all patients injury was deep second-degree burn and their age ranged from 20-45 years, they had been free from any other illness that may affect or impact the re...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • patients had hypertrophic scars after 2 to 4 months post thermal burn (direct flame or scald) all patients injury was deep second-degree burn and their age ranged from 20-45 years
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • skin disease, diabetes, mental disorders, peripheral vascular diseases, acute viral diseases, open wound, electrical and chemical burns were excluded