Finding the optimal setting of inflated air pressure for a multi-cell air cushion for wheelchair patients with spinal cord injury

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-44

  Hamanami, Kazunori ^a   Tokuhiro, Akihiro ^b   Inoue, Hajime ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cushion; Decubitus ulcer; Pressure; Spinal cord injury; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTOCKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 1642485730     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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