Effects of intramuscular fat infiltration, scarring, and spasticity on the risk for sitting-acquired deep tissue injury in spinal cord injury patients

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sopher, Ran ^a   Nixon, Jane ^b   Gorecki, Claudia ^b   Gefen, Amit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intramuscular fat infiltration; Pressure ulcer; Scar; Spasm; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

INTRAMUSCULAR FAT INFILTRATION; PRESSURE ULCER; SCAR; SPASM; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSORS;

MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LOADING TEST; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE SPASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SHEAR STRESS; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PRESSURE ULCER; RISK; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79951750284     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003325     Document Type: Article

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