Hand burns are classified as severe injuries even though the after less than 5% of the total body surface area. This is due to the fact that hand burns can cause crippling deformities and disabilities including loss of digits, loss of sensations, pain, and decreased range of motion. (cite2) Children With Burn Injuries: Purposeful Activity Versus Rote Exercise as well as the article Influences of Purposeful Activity Versus Rote Exercise on Improving Pain and Hand Function in Pediatric Burn both studied the use of purposeful activity versus exercise. Purposeful activity is the term most often used in occupational therapy literature to identify the therapeutic activities that are goal directed and characterized by purposeful and meaning as determined by the person participating in the activity. (AOTA)
The first article, Children with Burn Injuries: Purposeful Activity Versus Rote Exercise (Melchert-McKearnan, Deitz, Engel, & White, 2000), included two 6-year-old boys who sustained a second-degree to third-degree burn which involved one or more extremities with potential for impaired mobility in at least one joint. Both of the participants were recruited from the burn unit in a west coast medical center. The participants both had an unremarkable past medical history and had been referred to therapy services for range of motion in order to improve functional performance.
The boys were involved in alternate treatment conditions with purposeful activities and rote exercise. In condition one; each child and his parent(s) were interviewed in order to determine activities that were purposeful and meaningful to the child. For each child eight to ten play activities were modified and designed by the investigator to promote mobili...
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...-established activity quotas, it may result in exacerbated pain status, which was usually delayed by several hours. This delayed pain may result consequent activity avoidance, distress and anxiety, increased pain medication use, and lack of motivation for additional physical retraining. (Omar et al., 2012). Authors of both articles stated that if future research demonstrates this is a valid finding for children as well, then pacing of activity may be beneficial.
Works Cited
Melchert-McKearnan, K., Deitz, J., Engel, J. M., & White, O. (2000). Children with burn injuries: Purposeful activity versus rote exercise. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54(4), 381-390.
Omar, M. T. A., Hegazy, F. A., & Mokashi, S. P. (2012). Influences of purposeful activity versus rote exercise on improving pain and hand function in pediatric burn. Burns, 38(2), 261-268.
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