title: The use of unconventional pressure redistributing cushion in spinal cord injured individuals.
abstract: METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report an unconventional pressure-redistributing cushion used by spinal cord injured individuals.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Education and awareness of pressure ulcer prevention is most important in SCI population, as technology is still an adjunct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ailee_ooi@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Ai Lee
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ooi
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Julia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014910:Wheelchairs