Is obesity a risk factor for deep tissue injury in patients with spinal cord injury?

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3322-3331

  Elsner, Jonathan J ^a   Gefen, Amit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Decubitus; Finite element model; Pressure ulcer; Sitting

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DOSIMETRY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTOLOGY; NUTRITION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PHASE INTERFACES; STRAIN; TENSORS; TISSUE;

BODY MASS INDEX; DECUBITUS; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; PRESSURE ULCER; SITTING;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE INJURY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BUTTOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 56549101474     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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