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| Gayol-Mérida,Diana Alicia; Enríquez-Rivera,Luis Alberto; Araujo-Monsalvo,Víctor Manuel; Alemán-Pérez,Aylenid; Baez-Rivas,Livier; Domínguez-Hernández,Víctor Manuel. |
| Pressure ulcers are tissue damage resulting from the constant pressure on the underlying soft tissue to bony prominences for long periods. Some of the most common ulcers are developed at the ischial tuberosities area (ITs). It has been found that stresses produced in the underlying tissue to the ITs may exceed 5 to 11 times the surface stresses, making it necessary to estimate the forces generated between the soft tissue and the ITs. However, it is not possible to determine these stresses in vivo in a patient, due to ethical reasons. This paper presents a mechanical model of the pelvis-soft tissue in order to study the behavior of contact forces. The model simulates the load on the ITs of a male subject of 70 kg weight and 1.70 m height, which were... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Pressure ulcer; Pressure sensor; Mechanical model. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022017000300028 |
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