Stiffening of the gluteal muscle increased the intramuscular stress: An in-silico implication of deep tissue injury

Objectives: Deep tissue injury is a common form of pressure ulcers in muscle tissues under bony prominences caused by sustained pressure or shear, which has a great impact on patients with restricted mobility such as spinal cord injury. Frequent spasms in spinal cord injury patients featured by musc...

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Main Authors: Jingyi Jia, Shengbo Gong, Aili Zhang, Liping Jiang, Yifei Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-02-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023006667