Lying posture classification for pressure ulcer prevention

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-238

  Phyo Wai, Aung Aung ^a   Foo, Siang Fook ^a   Huang, Weimin ^a   Biswas, Jit ^a   Hsia, Chi Chun ^b   Liou, Koujuch ^b   Yap, Philip ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Interface pressure; Lying posture classification; Pressure hot spots; Pressure sensitive bed; Pressure ulcer prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149477988     PISSN: 20402295     EISSN: 20402309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/2040-2295.1.2.217     Document Type: Article

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