The use of unconventional pressure redistributing cushion in spinal cord injured individuals
Study design:Case report. Objectives:To report an unconventional pressure-redistributing cushion used by spinal cord injured individuals.Setting:Department of Rehabilitation of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Methods:Description of three cases of persons with spinal cord i...
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my.um.eprints.18772018-10-19T08:00:20Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/1877/ The use of unconventional pressure redistributing cushion in spinal cord injured individuals Ooi, A.L. Engkasan, Julia Patrick R Medicine Study design:Case report. Objectives:To report an unconventional pressure-redistributing cushion used by spinal cord injured individuals.Setting:Department of Rehabilitation of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Methods:Description of three cases of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) using unconventional pressure relieving cushions, and despite high pressure noted on pressure mapping they did not develop pressure ulcer. Conclusion:Education and awareness of pressure ulcer prevention is most important in SCI population, as technology is still an adjunct.Spinal Cord advance online publication, 26 July 2011; doi:10.1038/sc.2011.81. Nature Publishing Group 2011-07-26 Article PeerReviewed Ooi, A.L. and Engkasan, Julia Patrick (2011) The use of unconventional pressure redistributing cushion in spinal cord injured individuals. Spinal Cord, 49. 1203- 1205. ISSN 1476-5624 https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.2011.81 doi:10.1038/sc.2011.81 |
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Study design:Case report.
Objectives:To report an unconventional pressure-redistributing cushion used by spinal cord injured individuals.Setting:Department of Rehabilitation of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Methods:Description of three cases of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) using unconventional pressure relieving cushions, and despite high pressure noted on pressure mapping they did not develop pressure ulcer.
Conclusion:Education and awareness of pressure ulcer prevention is most important in SCI population, as technology is still an adjunct.Spinal Cord advance online publication, 26 July 2011; doi:10.1038/sc.2011.81. |
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