Being seated for long periods, while part of many leisure or occupational activities, can lead
to discomfort, pain and sometimes health issues. The impact of prolonged sitting on the body …

This paper surveys the literature on the etiology of sitting-acquired deep tissue pressure
ulcers from three different viewpoints. The first viewpoint is identification of risk factors …

Deep tissue injury (DTI) is a potentially life-threatening form of pressure ulcer that onsets in
muscle tissue overlying bony prominences and progresses unnoticeably to more superficial …

Deep tissue injury (DTI) is a severe form of pressure ulcers that occur in subcutaneous
tissue under intact skin by the prolonged compression of soft tissues overlying bony …

Patients with a spinal cord injury (SCI) are susceptible to deep tissue injury (DTI), a necrosis
in excessively deformed muscle tissue overlying bony prominences, which, in wheelchair …

Understanding how proposed medical devices will interface with humans is a major
challenge that impacts both the design of innovative new devices and approval and …

Aim To describe the 3D anatomy and deformation of the buttocks during sitting. Materials
and methods The buttocks of 4 able-bodied individuals and 3 individuals with spinal cord …

Unrelieved pressure on load-bearing muscle tissues of humans can produce pressure
ulcers. In a seated upright posture, the highest pressures occur inferior to the ischial …

In this paper, we generated finite element (FE) models to predict the contact pressure
between a foam mattress and the human body in a supine position. Twenty-year-old males …

Deep tissue injury (DTI) occurs in deep muscles around bony prominences due to excessive
and prolonged mechanical loading acting on the skin surface. The condition is clinically …