A survey of wheelchair use by paraplegic individuals in Japan. Part 1: Characteristics of wheelchair cushions

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 590-594

  Sumiya, Tadashi ^a   Kawamura, Kenji ^b   Tokuhiro, Akihiro ^c   Takechi, Hideo ^c   Ogata, Hajime ^d  

^a Rosai Rehabilitation Engineering Center   (Japan)

^b KIBI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pressure sores; Prevention; Spinal cord injury; Wheelchair cushion

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0030867573     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100466     Document Type: Article

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