Pressure sores -- the problem...This article first appeared in Bedsore Biomechanics and is reproduced by kind permission of Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Publishers Ltd

The problem is that when the surface of the body is denervated, it is liable to break down from a number of widely different mechanical stresses. The obvious common factor of denervation or loss of sensation has allowed many workers to assume that loss of nerves is the most significant element in th...

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Published in:Journal of Tissue Viability Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 9 - 12
Main Author: Brand PW
Format: review Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2006 May
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost