The use of micro-stimulation in pressure ulcer prevention

Wounds UK

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 120-123

  Timmons, John ^a   Bertram, Melvyn ^a  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal stimulation; Micro stimulation system; Pressure ulcer; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECUBITUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 58149183878     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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