A new pressure measuring system for cushins and beds--with a review of the literature.
An interface pressure measuring device for the assessment of subject-cushion interface pressures at ten points has been described. Preliminary trials using 12 healthy subjects on four cushions and three spinal injury patients on six cushings, has been carried out. It was also found that the water and foam cushion distributed the pressure over a large area than the foam cushions.
D000818:Animals; D001513:Beds; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011482:Protective Devices; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats