Table 1.

Common contractures and anti-contracture strategy after burns

Body Part Burned	Common Contractures	Positioning and Splinting strategy
Neck	Flexion	Exercise every day, slightly extension position or splinting
Shoulder	Adduction	Exercise every day, abduction splints under arms
Elbow	Flexion or Extension	Exercise every day, alternate positioning strategy of extension and flexion
Wrist	Flexion or Dorsal Extension	Exercise every day, extension splinting of 20°
MP(Metacarpal Phalangeal Joint)	Hyperextension	Exercise every day, thumb opposition, 50-70° MCP flexion and IP joints in full extension using functional or anti-contracture splint
IP(Interphalangeal Joint)	Flexion
Hip	Flexion	Exercise every day, fully extended and abducted, prone position if possible
Knee	Flexion	Exercise every day, extension splint
Ankle	Planter Flexion	Exercise every day, neutral position with dorsiflexion of 90°
Metatarsal-Phalangeal Joint	Dorsiflexion	Exercise every day, anti-contracture splint
Mouth	Microstomia	Exercise every day, mouth splints
Nostril	Stenosis of Anterior Naris	Appropriate dilator inserted into nostril