Pressure mapping in seating: A frequency analysis approach

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1136-1140

  Eitzen, Ingrid ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Methods; Pressure; Rehabilitation; Skin ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOAM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRESSURE SENSE; SEAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; WEIGHT-BEARING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 3242698113     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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