Shear stress measured on beds and wheelchairs

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 131-136

  Goossens, R H M ^a,b   Snijders, C J ^a   Holscher, T G ^a   Heerens, W Chr ^c   Holman, A E ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bed; Decubitus; Shear; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; DECUBITUS; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; SENSOR; SHEAR STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHEELCHAIR;

BEDS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0030742404     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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