Toward real-time detection of deep tissue injury risk in wheelchair users using Hertz contact theory

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-550

  Agam, Limor ^a   Gefen, Amit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contact analysis; Decubitus; Deep tissue injury; Hertz contact theory; Muscle stress; Paraplegia; Pressure ulcer; Rehabilitation; Tissue biomechanics; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DEEP TISSUE INJURY; HERTZ CONTACT THEORY; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE ULCER; REHABILITATION; TISSUE BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WHEELCHAIRS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY; WHEELCHAIR; ALGORITHM; BIOMECHANICS; BUTTOCK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DECUBITUS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BUTTOCKS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 58549108726     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2007.07.0114     Document Type: Article

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