Device-related pressure ulcers from a biomechanical perspective

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 57-68

  Levy, Ayelet ^a   Kopplin, Kara ^b   Gefen, Amit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ROHO Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Medical devices; Pediatric pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECUBITUS; DENSITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH ELECTRODE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGICAL HEADREST; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SHEAR STRESS; SOFT TISSUE; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; ANATOMIC MODEL; DEVICES; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; SKIN DISEASE; SUPINE POSITION; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PRESSURE ULCER; SCALP DERMATOSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPINE POSITION; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 84959201898     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: 18764746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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