Early ambulation following lower limb burn and surgery is associated with improved long-term functional outcome and reduced hospital length of stay: A longitudinal cohort study
Early ambulation before the third day after lower limb burn injury and surgery was associated with improved long-term functional outcome trajectory to one year and reduced hospital LOS by of 1.76 days when patients ambulated early after surgery. Future investigations with larger, targeted samples of complex patients are warranted to explore the influence of early ambulation on the outcomes of multi-morbidity subgroups.
Authors
- Aaron Berghuber
- Dana Hince (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3630-3356)
- Max Bulsara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-6123)
- Paul Gittings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8591-3228)
- Piers Truter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-7692)
- Claudia J. Tatlow
- Dale W. Edgar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7336-9317)
- Pip C. Pienaar
- Fiona Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5427-6588)
- Chelsea K. Evans
Institutions
- Fiona Stanley Hospital (AU)
- The University of Notre Dame Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Burns
- Published
- 2025-04-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2025.107474
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.42
Funders
- University of Notre Dame Australia