Pressure ulcer research : current and future perspectives /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[2005]
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Table of Contents:
- The etiology of pressure ulcers : a hierarchical approach
- Medical perspectives in the 21st century
- Medico-legal implications
- Patients at risk for pressure ulcers and evidence-based care for pressure ulcer prevention
- The measurement of interface pressure
- Susceptibility of spinal cord-injured individuals to pressure ulcers
- Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers using electrical stimulation
- Biochemical status of soft tissues subjected to sustained pressure
- Stump-socket interface conditions
- Perspectives of numerical modelling in pressure ulcer research
- Skin morphology and its mechanical properties associated with loading
- Compression-induced tissue damage : animal models
- The role of oxidative stress in the development and persistence of pressure ulcers
- Transport of fluid and solutes in tissues
- Skin model studies
- In vitro muscle model studies
- Imaging tissues for pressure ulcer prevention
- Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy of pressure ulcers
- Microelectrodes and biocompatible sensors for skin pO2 measurements
- New tissue repair strategies