Pilates Exercises on Muscle Strength and Balance After Healed Lower Limb Burns

"Pilates exercises:~The subjects will receive Pilates training (3 sessions/week) for 8 weeks. The Pilates training protocol will take 60 min per session, including 10 min of warm up prior to initiating the Pilates technique, 40 min for Pilates exercises and 10 min for cool down. The number of repetitions will be 10 times. The patient will perform the following Pilates exercises: (Hundred exercises, spine stretch, single leg stretch , double leg stretch, criss cross, swimming, one leg kick, side kick, clam, one leg circle, shoulder bridge, hip twist, roll up and down and standing footwork)."

"All patients will receive a traditional physical therapy programme consisting of 45 minutes per session of a supervised and individualized exercise programme for three sessions per week for eight weeks which will include:~Stretching exercises for calf and hamstring muscles. Strengthening exercises for hip, knee, ankle, and foot muscles. Deep friction massage for scar management."