Periodically Relieving Ischial Sitting Load to Decrease the Risk of Pressure Ulcers

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 862-870

  Makhsous, Mohsen ^a,b   Rowles, Diane M ^a,b   Rymer, William Z ^a,b   Bankard, James ^a   Nam, Ellis K ^c   Chen, David ^a,b   Lin, Fang ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Chicago Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcer; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; LABORATORY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK REDUCTION; SEAT; SITTING; THIGH; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHIUM; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; QUADRIPLEGIA; WEIGHT-BEARING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 34250742040     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.017     Document Type: Article

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