In vivo muscle stiffening under bone compression promotes deep pressure sores

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 512-524

  Gefen, A ^a   Gefen, N ^a   Linder Ganz, E ^a   Margulies, S S ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedsores; Decubitus Ulcers; Immobilization; Muscle Biomechanics; Soft Tissue Injury

Indexed keywords

BONE; CELLS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TISSUE; WHEELCHAIRS;

LONGISSIMUS; POTENTIALLY FATAL; PRESSURE SORES (PS);

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

HEMATOXYLIN; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BUTTOCK; CELL DEATH; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHIUM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SACRUM; SHEAR STRENGTH; WHEELCHAIR;

ANIMALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC BONES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 21244487498     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1894386     Document Type: Article

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