Moving your arm early after a burn skin graft: a study
Part of Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This trial compares starting to move your arm a few days after a skin graft versus waiting longer. The goal is to see if early movement helps or hurts wound healing. It is for adults who had a flame or hot water burn on their arm or hand that needed a skin graft.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You had a burn from a flame or hot liquid within 3 days of surgery.
- The burn is on your arm (between shoulder and wrist) or hand.
- You had a skin graft (a piece of your own skin moved to cover the burn) placed directly on the wound.
- You are not on medicines that tighten blood vessels (vasopressors) on the day of surgery.
- You have no pre-existing condition that limits arm movement (like arthritis or nerve damage).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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