Comparison of skin perfusion response with alternating and constant pressures in people with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Jan, Y K ^a   Brienza, D M ^b   Boninger, M L ^c   Brenes, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alternating pressure; blood flow; pressure ulcer; spinal cord injury; support surface

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE PERFUSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 78651273906     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.58     Document Type: Article

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