TY - JOUR
T1 - Pressure ulcers and deep tissue injury in wheelchair users
T2 - A bioengineering perspective
AU - Agam, L.
AU - Gefen, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2008, MA Healthcare Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Wheelchair users are highly susceptible to deep tissue injury. Interface pressures are unlikely to predict this, and an alternative assessment approach is needed that can easily monitor internal mechanical stresses and deformations.This review aims to provide clinicians with a comprehensive perspective of the biomechanical aspects of pressure ulceration in wheelchair users.
AB - Wheelchair users are highly susceptible to deep tissue injury. Interface pressures are unlikely to predict this, and an alternative assessment approach is needed that can easily monitor internal mechanical stresses and deformations.This review aims to provide clinicians with a comprehensive perspective of the biomechanical aspects of pressure ulceration in wheelchair users.
KW - Rehabilitation of wheelchair users
KW - Tissue biomechanics
KW - Tissue mechanical properties
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84907484333&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.12968/ijtr.2008.15.2.28192
DO - 10.12968/ijtr.2008.15.2.28192
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AN - SCOPUS:84907484333
SN - 1741-1645
VL - 15
SP - 90
EP - 99
JO - International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
JF - International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
IS - 2
ER -