The Effect of Clinically Relevant Pressure Duration on Sacral Skin Blood Flow and Temperature in Patients After Acute Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1673-1680

  Sae Sia, Wipa ^a   Wipke Tevis, Deidre D ^b   Williams, Donna A ^c  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Montana State University College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperemia; Microcirculation; Pressure ulcer; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; SACRUM; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUPINE POSITION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 36448974892     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.037     Document Type: Article

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