A new method of assessing the mechanical properties of patient support systems (PSS) using a phantom. A preliminary communication

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 293-301

  Bain, Duncan Shirreffs ^b   Scales, John Tracey ^a   Nicholson, Graham Philip ^b  

^a RAFT Institute of Plastic Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometric phantom dummy; International standards for mattresses; Mattress testing repeatability; Patient support systems; Pressure ulcer prevention; Tissue viability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOAD TESTING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STANDARDS;

MATTRESSES; PATIENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; DECUBITUS; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; STANDARD;

ADULT; BEDS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MATERIALS TESTING; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 0032869830     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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