A specialist seating assessment clinic: Changing pressure relief practice

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 692-695

  Coggrave, M J ^a   Rose, L S ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Posture; Pressure relief; Pressure ulcer prevention; Rehabilitation; Seating assessment

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESSURE RELIEF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEAT; SPECIALIST SEATING ASSESSMENT CLINIC; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TISSUE PRESSURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0346150233     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101527     Document Type: Review

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