About this trial
Seventy patients of both sexes with thermal burn injuries, aged 25 to 45 years, will participate in this study. The participants will be randomly selected from the Outpatient Clinic of the Faculty of Physical Therapy. They will be randomly assigned into two equal groups, 35 patients each (study group and control group). Group A (Study Group): Patients in this group will receive Frenkel exercises in addition to a traditional physiotherapy program comprising stretching, strengthening exercises and scar management, 3 times a week for 8 weeks. While, Group B (Control Group): Patients in this group will receive traditional physiotherapy program, 3 times a week for 8 weeks.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Body mass index (BMI) between 25-30 kg/m²
Total body surface area (TBSA) 30%-45% determined by rule of nines
Second-degree thermal burns affecting the lower limbs
After full wound healing
Disqualifiers
Open wounds in or near the treatment area
Chemical or electrical burns or inhalation injuries
Musculoskeletal conditions affecting exercise or testing, or visual/hearing impairments
Uncontrolled cardiovascular or pulmonary diseases
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- frenkel exercises
- traditional physical therapy programme