Full body interface pressure testing as a method for performance evaluation of clinical support surfaces

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 491-497

  Shelton, Frederick ^a   Barnett, Richard ^a   Meyer, Eric ^a  

^a Hill Rom   (United States)

Author keywords

Decubitus ulcer; Interface pressure; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; EQUIPMENT; ERGONOMICS; FORCE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEALTH CARE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PRESSURE;

CLINICAL SUPPORT SURFACES; DECUBITUS ULCER; INTERFACE PRESSURE; PRESSURE INDEX; PRESSURE ULCERS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0032358659     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(97)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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