Definitions of the physical properties of pressure ulcers and characterisation of their regional variance

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 606-611

  Mizokami, Fumihiro ^a   Furuta, Katsunori ^a   Utani, Atsushi ^b   Isogai, Zenzo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermis; Pressure ulcer; Undermining formation; Wound deformity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCYGEAL BONE; DECUBITUS; DEFORMITY; FEMALE; FOOT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; WOUND ASSESSMENT;

DERMIS; PRESSURE ULCER; UNDERMINING FORMATION; WOUND DEFORMITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SKIN;

EID: 84884719758     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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