Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders Pediatrics

Purpose: The study was conducted to determine the effect of pulsed electromagnetic therapy on pain, wound surface area and hand function for children with second degree of burn. Methods: Experimental design study was conducted with forty children suffer from acute burn injury ranged in age from 36 to 60months.They recruited from Burn Unit of General Beni Seuif Hospital. They were referred from the physician consultative of plastic surgery. They were classified randomly into two groups control and study group of equal number. Group A (control group) received selected physical therapy program. Group B (Study group) received selected physical therapy program in addition to pulsed electromagnetic field therapy. Wong backer faces pain rating scale was used for pain assessment, wound surface area tracing was used for trace wound area and Peabody developmental motor scale for assessment hand function for both groups, assessment was conducted 72h of injury and after three weeks. Treatment sessions were conducted from November 2015 to April 2018

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