Healing of Advanced Pressure Ulcers by a Generic Total Contact Seat: 2 Randomized Comparisons with Low Air Loss Bed Treatments

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1733-1742

  Rosenthal, Mark J ^a,d,e   Felton, Robert M ^d   Nastasi, Anne E ^b,d   Naliboff, Bruce D ^c,d   Harker, Judith ^a   Navach, Joseph H ^f  

^a Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b Spinal Cord Injury/Disorders Service   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Beds; Pressure; Pressure ulcers; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; BED; BONE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEAT; STANDARD; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 0344666742     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00435-0     Document Type: Article

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