Preventing pressure ulcers among wheelchair users: preliminary comments on the development of a self-administered risk assessment tool...originally published in the Journal of Tissue Viability... reprinted in World Wide Wounds by kind permission of the publishers
The prevalence of pressure ulcers among permanent wheelchair users remains high. While many risk factors for pressure ulcer development in this group have been identified only a minority of these have been evaluated scientifically and it is generally acknowledged that existing risk assessment tools...
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Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory
2004 Apr
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