How do normals move during prolonged wheelchair-sitting?

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-202

  Linder Ganz, E ^a   Scheinowitz, M ^a   Yizhar, Z ^a   Margulies, S S ^b   Gefen, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decubitus ulcer prevention; Immobilization; Posture; Pressure sores; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SITTING; ULCEROGENESIS; WHEELCHAIR; ISRAEL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PRESSURE ULCER; TIME FACTORS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 34447136153     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2007-15303     Document Type: Article

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