Pressure ulcers in SCI: Does tension stimulate wound healing?

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 130-133

  Goldstein, Barry ^a,b   Sanders, Joan E ^c   Benson, Elizabeth ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure Ulcer; Skin Adaptation; Skin remodeling; Tension; Wound Healing; Wound Repair

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SKIN; STRESSES; SURGERY;

PRESSURE ULCERS; SKIN ADAPTATION; SKIN REMODELING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TENSION; WOUND HEALING;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PERINEUM INJURY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TENSION; TISSUE REPAIR; ULCER HEALING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRESSURE ULCER; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030111029     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199603000-00011     Document Type: Article

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