Analysis of healthy sitting behavior: Interface pressure distribution and subcutaneous tissue oxygenation

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 577-586

  Reenalda, Jasper ^a   Van Geffen, Paul ^b   Nederhand, Marc ^a   Jannink, Michiel ^a,b   Ijzerman, Maarten ^b   Rietman, Hans ^a,b  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic sitting; Interface pressure measurement; Posture shift; Pressure ulcer; Recommendation; Seating intervention; Sitting behavior; Tissue oxygenation; Tissue viability; Wheelchair seating

Indexed keywords

INTERFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; POSTURE SHIFT; PRESSURE ULCER; RECOMMENDATION; SEATING INTERVENTION; SITTING BEHAVIOR; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TISSUE VIABILITY; WHEELCHAIR SEATING;

OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSORS; WHEELCHAIRS;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERFACE PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ADULT; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; BUTTOCKS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350482535     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2008.12.0164     Document Type: Article

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