Skin blood flow dynamics and its role in pressure ulcers

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 25-36

  Liao, Fuyuan ^a   Burns, Stephanie ^b   Jan, Yih Kuen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Nonlinear analysis; Pressure ulcers; Skin blood flow Wavelet

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DERMIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPIDERMIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TIME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE ULCER; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876934400     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: 18764746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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