A wheelchair cushion designed to redistribute sites of sitting pressure

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 278-282

  Rosenthal, Mark J ^a   Felton, Robert M ^a   Hileman, Dale L ^a   Lee, Martin ^a   Friedman, Mark ^a   Navach, Joseph H ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRESSURE; SEAT; SHEAR STRESS; SITTING; SKIN ULCER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0029972814     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90112-4     Document Type: Article

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