Force on the sacrococcygeal and ischial areas during posterior pelvic tilt in seated posture

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 282-288

  Kemmoku, Taro ^a   Furumachi, Katsuro ^a   Shimamura, Tadashi ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pelvic tilt; Pressure ulcer; Sacrococcygeum; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY; LIMB FRACTURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POSTERIOR PELVIC TILT; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SITTING; WHEELCHAIR;

PELVIC TILT; PRESSURE ULCER; SACROCOCCYGEUM; WHEELCHAIR;

AGED; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHIUM; MALE; PELVIC BONES; POSTURE; PRESSURE ULCER; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; WEIGHT-BEARING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 84889052784     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364612465429     Document Type: Article

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