Finite element analysis for evaluation of pressure ulcer on the buttock: Development and validation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 517-525

  Makhsous, Mohsen ^a,b   Lim, Dohyung ^a,c   Hendrix, Ronald ^d   Bankard, James ^a   Rymer, William Z ^a,b   Lin, Fang ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buttocks; Finite element method; Pressure ulcer; Sitting

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; DEFORMATION; DISEASES; MUSCLE; RISK PERCEPTION;

PRESSURE ULCER; SOFT TISSUE DEFORMATION;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; DECUBITUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHIUM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITTING; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BUTTOCKS; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIS; PRESSURE ULCER; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

3-D FINITE ELEMENTS; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL TOOLS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING (FEM); INTERFACE PRESSURE; JOINT CONFIGURATION; LOADING CONDITION; PRESSURE ULCERS; SITTING;

EID: 36448939563     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.906967     Document Type: Article

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