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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

脊髓損傷病患之坐骨粗隆對各種常用坐墊的介面壓力評估

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients confined to a wheelchair for long periods are prone to pressure sores occurring at ischial tuberosity. This study used Expert-Seat pressure evaluation pad to record the pressure of the ischial tuberosities. Twenty-nine spinal cord injury subjects and twenty normal subjects participated in this study. The pressure distributed over ischial tuberosities during sitting was measured five times, including one measured without cushion. Four wheelchair cushions with different types of materials were evaluated in two population groups: spinal cord injured and normal control. The subjects sat on various types of wheelchair seats: (1) gel cushion: skil care cushion (2) foam cushion: convo cushion (3) air cushion: polyair cushion (4) gel with foam cushion: bioform cushion. According to our results, no cushion can effectively reduce the pressure on the ischial tuberosities. Instead of relieving the pressure over ischial tuberosity, the foam cushion could even increase pressure.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

197

Last Page

205

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