The efficacy of pressure relief maneuvers in spinal cord injury patients, a clinical study

Thuan Ho; Ahn Thu Nguyen; Alison Lichy; Suzanne Groah; Jessica C. Ramella-Roman

doi:10.1117/12.2039545

26 February 2014 The efficacy of pressure relief maneuvers in spinal cord injury patients, a clinical study

Thuan Ho, Ahn Thu Nguyen, Alison Lichy, Suzanne Groah, Jessica C. Ramella-Roman

Proceedings Volume 8938, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XIV; 89380U (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039545
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Pressure reliefs are recommended to wheelchair bound individuals to control and minimize skin damage. To this date recommendation on duration and intervals between pressure reliefs is not clear. Recent studies have shown a relationship between reduction in tissue perfusion and oxygenation due to pressure and skin pathophysiologic changes. We have developed a fiber-optics probe that allows measurement of oxygenation in addition to perfusion in real time; this low profile probe can be utilized while sitting and during pressure reliefs. We have conducted a clinical trial at the National Rehabilitation Hospital on individual with spinal cord injury. The overriding goal of this project was to develop the evidence base for clinical recommendations on pressure reliefs. Results of the study will be presented.

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Thuan Ho, Ahn Thu Nguyen, Alison Lichy, Suzanne Groah, and Jessica C. Ramella-Roman "The efficacy of pressure relief maneuvers in spinal cord injury patients, a clinical study", Proc. SPIE 8938, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XIV, 89380U (26 February 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039545

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