A protocol for the physical therapy management of the burned hand has been established in the Bothin Burn Center of Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, California, to provide standardized physical therapy to patients suffering from burns of the hands. This protocol provides attending physicians, rotating staff therapists, physical therapy students, and other members of the center with basic guidelines. A specific splinting and exercise program is described which is planned by the physical therapist for each patient according to the depth of the individual burn.
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Tanigawa et al. (1974) studied this question.