Spinal Cord Injury and Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Using Functional Activity in Pressure Relief

• Main Authors: May Stinson (Author), Rachel Schofield (Author), Cathy Gillan (Author), Julie Morton (Author), Evie Gardner (Author), Stephen Sprigle (Author), Alison Porter-Armstrong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. People with spinal cord injury (SCI) are at increased risk of pressure ulcers due to prolonged periods of sitting. Concordance with pressure relieving movements is poor amongst this population, and one potential alternative to improve this would be to integrate pressure relieving movemen...