An investigation of the impact of the Force Sensing Array pressure mapping system on the clinical judgement of occupational therapists

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 224-231

  Crawford, S A ^a   Strain, B ^b   Gregg, B ^b   Walsh, Deidre M ^a   Porter Armstrong, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION TREES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 14644393646     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215505cr826oa     Document Type: Article

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