Study of skin-fabric interactions of relevance to decubitus: Friction and contact-pressure measurements

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-88

  Gerhardt, Lutz Christian ^a,b   Mattle, N ^a   Schrade, G U ^a   Spencer, N D ^b   Derler, S ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biotribology; Contact pressure; Decubitus; Fabric friction; Skin equivalent; Skin textile biointerface

Indexed keywords

FABRICS; FRICTION; TRIBOLOGY;

BIOTRIBOLOGY; CONTACT-PRESSURE; DECUBITUS; FABRIC FRICTION; SKIN-TEXTILE BIOINTERFACE;

SKIN;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONTACT STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFACE PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SUPINE POSITION; TEXTILE FIBER; YARN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELLULOSE; CLOTHING; COTTON FIBER; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PELVIS; POLYESTERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEXTILES; WOOL;

EID: 38349125067     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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