How well does ISO 11948-1 (the Rothwell method) for measuring the absorption capacity of incontinence pads in the laboratory correlate with clinical pad performance

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 603-613

  Cottenden, A M ^a   Fader, M J ^a   Pettersson, L ^a   Brooks, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbency; Clinical technical correlations; Incontinence; Incontinence pads; International standards

Indexed keywords

DISPOSABLE BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROBABILITY;

DIAPERS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ABSORPTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAPER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGHT; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PURCHASING; STANDARD; URINE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0038771209     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(03)00074-2     Document Type: Article

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