Influence of the "hammock effect" in wheelchair cushion cover on mechanical loading over the ischial tuberosity in an artificial buttocks model

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 47-54

  Iizaka, Shinji ^a   Nakagami, Gojiro ^a   Urasaki, Masaya ^a   Sanada, Hiromi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bony prominence; Ischium; Pressure redistribution; Pressure ulcer; Wheelchair cushion

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; IMMERSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY; LOADING TEST; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING; WHEELCHAIR CUSHION COVER;

BUTTOCKS; HUMANS; ISCHIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; WEIGHT-BEARING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 67049096662     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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