Effect of wheelchair tilt-in-space and recline angles on skin perfusion over the ischial tuberosity in people with spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1758-1764

  Jan, Yih Kuen ^a,b   Jones, Maria A ^a   Rabadi, Meheroz H ^c   Foreman, Robert D ^b   Thiessen, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcer; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERFUSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITTING; SKIN PERFUSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TILTING; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHIUM; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; POSTURE; PRESSURE ULCER; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 78049469056     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.07.227     Document Type: Article

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