An investigation into interface pressure (IP) risk of healthy volunteers on modern medical imaging and radiotherapy tables

Background and Rationale: Pressure ulcers (PUs) present significant threats to patients and cost billions of total healthcare expenditure. In radiography/radiotherapy, a potential for high interface pressure (IP) on radiography/radiotherapy tables may exist, however no study has investigated this to...

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Main Author: Angmorterh, S. K.
Published: University of Salford 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.703340