Ann B. Cook, Ed.D., OTD, OTR/L

Dr. Cook has worked in a level-one trauma and ABA-verified burn center for nine years. She has worked with patients with burn injuries in the intensive care unit, acute care, and inpatient rehabilitation settings. The author completed her post-professional doctoral capstone project in a burn unit working to improve occupational therapy intervention practices to increase patients’ functional outcomes. The author is a full-time professor who has completed research in the field in regard to current home program recommendations by occupational therapy practitioners working with burn-injured clients.

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Occupational Therapy's Role in Rehabilitation after Burn Injury


1 Hours Instructional Level: Beginner
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Almost 500,000 clients with burn injuries are being treated in medical facilities across the United States at any point in time (American Burn Association, 2016). Secondary effects of burn injury can include scarring, contracture, and loss of joint mobility with a prevalence of 38-54% of clients being discharged with contractures (Oosterwijk et al. 2017). This, in turn, leads to decreased functioning in everyday occupations (Ozelie, 2021). Ghalayini et al....