A System for Monitoring Pressures and Spinal Curvature in Spinally Injured People Immobilised on a Spinal Raft

We present a system designed to study the pressure at various "hot spot" on the back of the body and the deformation of the spine experienced by a patient when strapped to a spinal board, and the potential alleviation of both by the addition of an inflatable "spinal raft" (or oth...

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Main Authors: Ruairi de Frein, Eoin Flinn, Annraoi de Paor, Edward Burke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: VSB-Technical University of Ostrava 2004-01-01
Series:Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Online Access:http://advances.utc.sk/index.php/AEEE/article/view/417